Skip

Where Skip comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Skip.

  • Old Norse
Skip through the years
  1. 1902
    Skip James born
    American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
  2. 1930
    First appearance
    #4,001 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1960
    Peak, #752
    105 babies named Skip, the most in any year.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,094.
  5. 1996
    Skip Marley born
    Jamaican singer and songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Norse.
Namesakes
  • Skip James · American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter, 1902–1969
  • Skip Marley · Jamaican singer and songwriter, born 1996
  • Skip Woods · Screenwriter, film director, film producer, born 1967
  • Skip Battin · American musician, 1934–2003
  • Skip Homeier · American actor, 1930–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.