Sullivan

Where Sullivan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sullivan.

Sullivan through the years
  1. 1829
    Sullivan Ballou born
    Union Army officer
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Sullivan Stapleton born
    Australian actor
  4. 2025
    Peak, #314
    1,083 babies named Sullivan, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sullivan Stapleton · Australian actor, born 1977
  • Sullivan Ballou · Union Army officer, 1829–1861
  • Sullivan Walker · actor, 1946–2012
  • Sullivan Fortner · musical artist, born 1986
  • Sullivan Silva · Brazilian footballer, born 1989

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.