Winthrop

Where Winthrop comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Winthrop.

Winthrop through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1906
    Peak, #852
    9 babies named Winthrop, its best rank.
  3. 1907
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1912
    Winthrop Rockefeller born
    Governor of Arkansas
  5. 1965
    Winthrop Graham born
    Jamaican hurdler
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Winthrop Rockefeller · Governor of Arkansas, 1912–1973
  • Winthrop Graham · Jamaican hurdler, born 1965
  • Winthrop Palmer · American ice hockey player, 1906–1970
  • Winthrop M. Crane · American politician, 1853–1920
  • Winthrop Mackworth Praed · British politician, poet, 1802–1839

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.