Denzil

Where Denzil comes from

Denzil hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,057 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Denzil Best born
    American jazz drummer
  3. 1937
    Peak, #588
    96 babies named Denzil — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1940
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,007.
  5. 1953
    Denzil Douglas born
    Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Denzil Douglas · Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, born 1953
  • Denzil Best · American jazz drummer, 1917–1965
  • Denzil Haoseb · Namibian footballer, born 1991
  • Denzil Davies · British politician, 1938–2018
  • Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles · English politician and army officer, 1599–1680

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.