Ewald

Where Ewald comes from

Ewald 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. 1700
    Ewald Georg von Kleist born
    German physicist and bishop
  2. 1834
    Ewald Hering born
    German physiologist
  3. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1902
    Peak, #744
    10 babies named Ewald — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Ewald Hering · German physiologist, 1834–1918
  • Ewald Georg von Kleist · German physicist and bishop, 1700–1748
  • Ewald Christian von Kleist · German poet and noble, 1715–1759
  • Ewald André Dupont · film director, 1891–1956
  • Ewald Lienen · German association football player and manager, born 1953

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.