Dixon

Where Dixon comes from

From Dick + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dixon
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1786
    Dixon Denham born
    British explorer
  2. 1802
    Dixon Hall Lewis born
    American politician
  3. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #781
    #781 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dixon Denham · British explorer, 1786–1828
  • Dixon Hall Lewis · American politician, 1802–1848
  • Dixon Arroyo · Ecuadorian footballer, born 1992
  • Dixon Ward · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1968
  • Dixon Machado · Venezuelan baseball player, born 1992

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.