Blythe

Where Blythe comes from

English surname, from Old English blīþe (“merry”). Many senses are derived from placenames, such as the River Blythe, all from the Old English adjective.
— Wiktionary's entry for Blythe
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,385 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1974
    Peak, #1,076
    109 babies named Blythe — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,128.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, reinforced by the word blithe.
Namesakes

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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.