Durham
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning homestead on the river Wear.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Durham by the numbers
Durham was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Durham. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Duran14 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Durham, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Durham
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