Thurman

Where Thurman comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Thurman.

Thurman through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #204
    72 babies named Thurman, its best rank.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #318.
  4. 1947
    Thurman Munson born
    American baseball player
  5. 1966
    Thurman Thomas born
    All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Thurman Munson · American baseball player, 1947–1979
  • Thurman Thomas · All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, born 1966
  • Thurman Barker · American jazz drummer, born 1948
  • Thurman Arnold · American judge, 1891–1969
  • Thurman C. Crook · American politician, 1891–1981

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.