Vaughan

Where Vaughan comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Vaughan
  • 1 syllable
Vaughan through the years
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,537 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1912
    Peak, #1,417
    12 babies named Vaughan, its best rank.
  3. 1913
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,496.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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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.