Wyatt

Where Wyatt comes from

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Wigheard, from wīg (“war”) + heard (“hard, brave”), later also used as a Middle English diminutive of the names Guy and William.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wyatt
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1848
    Wyatt Earp born
    American lawman
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #465 among boys — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1986
    Wyatt Russell born
    American actor
  4. 2017
    Peak, #25
    9,727 babies named Wyatt — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, modern transferred use of the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wyatt Earp · American lawman, 1848–1929
  • Wyatt Russell · American actor, born 1986
  • Wyatt Oleff · American actor, born 2003
  • Wyatt Allen · American rower, born 1979
  • Wyatt Crockett · New Zealand rugby union player, born 1983

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.