Stewart

Where Stewart comes from

Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stewart
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #268
    44 babies named Stewart — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1913
    Stewart Granger born
    British actor
  4. 1984
    Stewart Downing born
    English association football player
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,886.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Stewart Downing · English association football player, born 1984
  • Stewart Granger · British actor, 1913–1993
  • Stewart Copeland · American drummer and composer, born 1952
  • Stewart Brand · American writer, born 1938
  • Stewart Cink · professional golfer, born 1973

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.