Wyman

Where Wyman comes from

Wyman 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. 1811
    Wyman B. S. Moor born
    American politician
  2. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,121 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1911
    Peak, #689
    21 babies named Wyman — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1913
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,803.
  5. 1915
    Wyman Guin born
    American writer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Wyman B. S. Moor · American politician, 1811–1869
  • Wyman Guin · American writer, 1915–1989
  • Wyman Spooner · Printer, lawyer, judge, politician; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1795–1877
  • Wyman Wong · lyricist from Hong Kong, born 1969

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.