Wayman

Where Wayman comes from

Wayman 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. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1900
    Peak, #699
    13 babies named Wayman — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1952
    Wayman Britt born
    American basketball player
  5. 1964
    Wayman Tisdale born
    American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Wayman Tisdale · American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist, 1964–2009
  • Wayman Britt · American basketball player, born 1952
  • Wayman Elbridge Adams · American painter, 1883–1959
  • Wayman C. McCreery · Carom billiards player innovator and inventor, 1851–1901

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.