Fitzhugh

Where Fitzhugh comes from

Fitzhugh 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. 1835
    Fitzhugh Lee born
    American politician (1835–1905); 40th governor of Virginia
  2. 1872
    Fitzhugh Townsend born
    American fencer and electrical engineering professor
  3. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1898
    Peak, #364
    28 babies named Fitzhugh — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #928.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Fitzhugh Lee · American politician (1835–1905); 40th governor of Virginia, 1835–1905
  • Fitzhugh Townsend · American fencer and electrical engineering professor, 1872–1906
  • Fitzhugh L. Fulton · American test pilot, 1925–2015
  • Fitzhugh Dodson · American psychologist and writer, 1923–1993
  • Fitzhugh Andrews · American pianist and composer, 1873–1961

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.