Bishop

Where Bishop comes from

From bishop.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bishop
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1841
    Bishop W. Perkins born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1890
    Peak, #415
    19 babies named Bishop — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1953
    Bishop Dolegiewicz born
    Canadian thrower
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bishop W. Perkins · American politician, 1841–1894
  • Bishop Dolegiewicz · Canadian thrower, 1953–2008
  • Bishop Perkins · American politician, 1787–1866
  • Bishop Sankey · American gridiron football player, born 1992
  • Bishop Robinson · American police commissioner, 1927–2014

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.