Thompson

Where Thompson comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Thompson.

Thompson through the years
  1. 1863
    Thompson Capper born
    British First World War general
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #679
    8 babies named Thompson, its best rank.
  4. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1942
    Thompson Mann born
    American swimmer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Thompson Mann · American swimmer, 1942–2019
  • Thompson Capper · British First World War general, 1863–1915
  • Thompson Campbell · American politician, 1811–1868
  • Thompson Cooper · English journalist, man of letters, and biographer, 1837–1904
  • Thompson H. Murch · American politician, 1838–1886

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.