Given name & surname
Dewitt
“a blonde-haired man”
Dewitt is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dewitt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,216
- 7,216 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 161 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,510 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,510 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 161 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,132 as a first name in 2020; 25,012 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dewitt’s family of names
Dewitt has a related form in Dewit. Dewitt has a related form in Dewyt. Dewitt has a related form in Dewytt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dewitt
- DeWitt ClintonAmerican politician (1769–1828)
- DeWitt JenningsAmerican actor1871–1937
- DeWitt Bristol BraceAmerican physicist (1859–1905)
- Dewitt Clinton SenterAmerican politician (1830-1898)
- Dewitt C. LeachAmerican politician (1822-1909)
- DeWitt MenyardAmerican basketball player (1944–2009)
- DeWitt Clinton CregierAmerican politician, Engineering genius1829–1898
- DeWitt Clinton RamseyAmerican admiral (1888-1961)
- DeWitt PeckAmerican Marine Corps general, recipient of the Purple Heart medal1894–1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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