Gilman

Where Gilman comes from

Gilman 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. 1811
    Gilman Marston born
    Union United States Army general, politician
  2. 1887
    Debut at its peak, #819
    #819 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1987
    Gilman Lika born
    Albanian footballer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Gilman Lika · Albanian footballer, born 1987
  • Gilman Marston · Union United States Army general, politician, 1811–1890

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.