Watt

Where Watt comes from

The dictionaries list Watt as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #540
    12 babies named Watt — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1970
    Watt Key born
    American writer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat.
Namesakes
  • Watt Key · American writer, born 1970

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.