Given name & surname
Dix
“the tenth-born child”
Dix is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the tenth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the tenth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dix through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 40 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 9,240 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.
Dix’s family of names
Dix has a related form in Dixe. Dix has a related form in Dixo. Dix has a related form in Dixx.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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