Watson

Where Watson comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Watson.

Watson through the years
  1. 1838
    Watson C. Squire born
    American politician (Republican)
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #389
    21 babies named Watson, its best rank.
  4. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #836.
  5. 1894
    Watson Washburn born
    American tennis player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Watson Washburn · American tennis player, 1894–1973
  • Watson C. Squire · American politician (Republican), 1838–1926
  • Watson Kirkconnell · Canadian translator and scholar, 1895–1977
  • Watson Nyambek · Malaysian athletics competitor, born 1976
  • Watson Davis · American librarian academic, 1896–1967

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.