Daxter
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Daxter by the numbers
Daxter was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Daxter
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 Daxter. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dexterright-handed or skillful346 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daxten32 in the US (2017)
- Danteenduring or lasting; diminutive of Durante1,074 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Dieterpeople's warrior; a form of Dietrich6 in the US (2017)
- Daviera form of david5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Daxter
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