Fielding

Where Fielding comes from

Fielding 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. 1870
    Fielding Hudson Garrison born
    American medical historian
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1885
    Peak, #700
    8 babies named Fielding — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1895
    Fielding L. Wright born
    American politician
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Fielding L. Wright · American politician, 1895–1956
  • Fielding Hudson Garrison · American medical historian, 1870–1935
  • Fielding Bradford Meek · American scientist, 1817–1876
  • Fielding H. Yost · American college football player and coach (1871–1946); College Football Hall of Fame member, 1871–1946
  • Fielding Lucas, Jr. · American cartographer, 1781–1854

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.