Whit

Where Whit comes from

Whit 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. 1881
    First appearance
    #781 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #605
    10 babies named Whit — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1909
    Whit Bissell born
    American actor
  5. 1952
    Whit Stillman born
    American screenwriter/director
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Whit Stillman · American screenwriter/director, born 1952
  • Whit Bissell · American actor, 1909–1996
  • Whit Merrifield · professional baseball player, born 1989
  • Whit Hertford · American actor, born 1978
  • Whit Dickey · American drummer, born 1954

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.