Byron

Where Byron comes from

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Byron
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #225 among boys — 52 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #193
    66 babies named Byron — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1942
    Byron Dorgan born
    American author, businessman, and politician
  4. 1968
    Byron Howard born
    American film director and animator
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
Namesakes
  • Byron Howard · American film director and animator, born 1968
  • Byron Mann · Chinese-American actor
  • Byron Dorgan · American author, businessman, and politician, born 1942
  • Byron Scott · American basketball player and coach, born 1961
  • Byron Moreno · Ecuadorian football referee, born 1969

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.