Dow

Where Dow comes from

Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dow
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Dow W. Harter born
    congressman
  3. 1893
    Peak, #650
    10 babies named Dow — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1929
    Dow Finsterwald born
    American professional golfer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dow Finsterwald · American professional golfer, 1929–2022
  • Dow W. Harter · congressman, 1885–1971
  • Dow Constantine · American politician, born 1961

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.