Witten
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 106 babies a year in the US.
Witten by the numbers
Witten was given to 106 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 Witten
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 Witten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Whittenfrom the white settlement or white stone place29 in the US (2017)
- Winterthe cold season; modern seasonal name741 in the US (2017)
- Westenfrom the western settlement; a modern respelling of Westin77 in the US (2017)
- Wiltonsettlement by the willow tree18 in the US (2017)
- Whittonwhite settlement; dwelling place11 in the US (2017)
- Wintonsettlement by a pasture or meadow8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Witten
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