Thurlow

Where Thurlow comes from

Thurlow 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. 1797
    Thurlow Weed born
    United States political manager and journalist
  2. 1875
    Thurlow Bergen born
    American stage actor
  3. 1883
    Debut at its peak, #799
    #799 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Thurlow Weed · United States political manager and journalist, 1797–1882
  • Thurlow Bergen · American stage actor, 1875–1954
  • Thurlow Cooper · American football player, 1933–2008
  • Thurlow Lieurance · American composer, 1878–1963

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.