Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ethridge isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ethridge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 256
- 256 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 16 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 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a first name in 2020; 7,383 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.
Ethridge’s family of names
In English usage, Ethridge as a surname has a related form in ETHERIDGE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Ethridge, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Odie
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Einer
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>99% boys
Osborne
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>99% boys
Elroy
“a red-haired young man” · “a king”
>99% boys
Enrico
“home” · “power”
>99% boys
Isadore
“a gift from the goddess Isis”
80% boys · 20% girls
Orville
“from the gold town”
>99% boys
Emile
“one who is eager; an industrious man”
99% boys · 1% girls