Clyde

Where Clyde comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Clyde
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #72 among boys — 221 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Peak, #50
    336 babies named Clyde — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1906
    Clyde Tombaugh born
    American astronomer
  4. 1962
    Clyde Drexler born
    American basketball player
  5. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #872.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).
Namesakes
  • Clyde Tombaugh · American astronomer, 1906–1997
  • Clyde Drexler · American basketball player, born 1962
  • Clyde Cowan · co-discoverer of the neutrino, 1919–1974
  • Clyde Geronimi · American animator and film director, 1901–1989
  • Clyde Lovellette · American basketball player, 1929–2016

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.