Rutherford

Where Rutherford comes from

From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rutherford
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1809
    Rutherford Alcock born
    British diplomat
  2. 1822
    Rutherford B. Hayes born
    president of the United States from 1877 to 1881
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #682 among boys with 8 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Rutherford B. Hayes · president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, 1822–1893
  • Rutherford Alcock · British diplomat, 1809–1897
  • Rutherford Aris · chemical engineer, 1929–2005
  • Rutherford Page · (1887-1912) American aviator, 1887–1912
  • Rutherford Boyd · American artist, 1882–1951

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.