Wheeler

Where Wheeler comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wheeler.

Wheeler through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Wheeler Vivian Oakman born
    American silent film actor
  3. 1892
    Wheeler Dryden born
    English-born American actor
  4. 1899
    Peak, #384
    23 babies named Wheeler, its best rank.
  5. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wheeler Vivian Oakman · American silent film actor, 1890–1949
  • Wheeler Dryden · English-born American actor, 1892–1957
  • Wheeler Winston Dixon · American filmmaker and scholar, born 1950
  • Wheeler L. Baker · President of Hargrave Military Academy, born 1938
  • Wheeler Thackston · American orientalist, born 1944

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.