Denton

Where Denton comes from

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Denton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #706
    #706 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1915
    Denton Welch born
    English writer and painter
  4. 1920
    Denton Cooley born
    American heart surgeon
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the place name.
Namesakes
  • Denton Cooley · American heart surgeon, 1920–2016
  • Denton Welch · English writer and painter, 1915–1948
  • Denton Lotz · American theologian, 1939–2019
  • Denton Massey · Canadian politician, 1900–1984
  • Denton Vane · American actor, 1890–1940

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.