True

Where True comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for True.

  • Vowel-ended
True through the years
  1. 1882
    True Boardman born
    actor
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1895
    Peak, #872
    7 babies named True, its best rank.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1994
    True O'Brien born
    American actress and model
  6. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • True Boardman · actor, 1882–1918
  • True O'Brien · American actress and model, born 1994

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.