Given name & surname
Fielder
“from the field”
Fielder is a variant of Fielding. One English interpretation is “from the field.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fielder is a variant of Fielding. One English interpretation is “from the field.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fielder 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 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fielder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,841 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,841 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 as a first name in 2020; 6,756 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.
Fielder’s family of names
Fielder has a related form in Fielding.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fielder
- Fielder CookAmerican film and television director (1923-2003)
- Fielder JonesAmerican baseball player and coach1871–1934
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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