Given name & surname
Field
“from the field”
Field is a variant of Fielding. One English interpretation is “from the field.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Field is a variant of Fielding. One English interpretation is “from the field.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Field is a variant of Fielding. An origin associated with Fielding is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Field through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 135 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 23,423 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.
Field’s family of names
In English usage, Field as a surname shares a linguistic root with Setterfield. Field has a related form in Fielding. In English usage, Field as a surname has a related form in FEILD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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