Hunt

Where Hunt comes from

The dictionaries list Hunt as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1894
    Hunt Stromberg born
    American film producer
  4. 1954
    Hunt Sales born
    American drummer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Hunt Stromberg · American film producer, 1894–1968
  • Hunt Sales · American drummer, born 1954
  • Hunt Emerson · cartoonist, born 1952
  • Hunt Block · American actor, born 1954
  • Hunt Painter · laconian vase-painter, born 600 BC

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.