Eston

Where Eston comes from

Eston 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. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1900
    Peak, #836
    10 babies named Eston — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,058.
  4. 1967
    Eston Mulenga born
    Zambian association football player
  5. 1971
    Eston Kohver born
    Estonian police officer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Eston Kohver · Estonian police officer, born 1971
  • Eston Mulenga · Zambian association football player, 1967–1993
  • Eston Hemings · son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, 1808–1856
  • Eston Kaonga · Malawian sprinter (* 1948), born 1948
  • Eston von Sohr · 1775–1845

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.