Elgin
A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning little white stone or noble.
Elgin by the numbers
Elgin was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 69 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elgin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Elgin
Names that are said the same way as Elgin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eljin5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Elgin, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Elgin, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Elgin
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