Durward

Where Durward comes from

Durward 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. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Durward Gorham Hall born
    American politician
  3. 1912
    Peak, #510
    59 babies named Durward — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1917
    Durward Knowles born
    British-Bahamian sailor
  5. 1938
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,247.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Durward Knowles · British-Bahamian sailor, 1917–2018
  • Durward Gorham Hall · American politician, 1910–2001
  • Durward Lely · British opera singer and actor, 1852–1944
  • Durward Kirby · American television personality, 1911–2000

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.