Thurston

Where Thurston comes from

The dictionaries list Thurston as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, occasional transferred use of the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1882
    Thurston Hall born
    actor
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #667
    45 babies named Thurston — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1958
    Thurston Moore born
    American guitarist
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,684.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasional transferred use of the surname.
Namesakes
  • Thurston Moore · American guitarist, born 1958
  • Thurston Hall · actor, 1882–1958
  • Thurston Harris · American singer, 1931–1990
  • Thurston Rostron · English footballer, 1863–1891
  • Thurston Clarke · American historian, author, journalist, born 1946

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.