Aesop
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Aesop by the numbers
Aesop was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Aesop
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aesop. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aesoncloudy or dark; a figure in Greek mythology49 in the US (2017)
- Ansonson of Agnes293 in the US (2017)
- Aeronbattle; warfare3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aemona form of aedán; little fire12 in the US (2017)
- Aasona form of Aaron; mountain of strength9 in the US (2017)
- Aesirthe pantheon of norse gods5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aesop
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