Given name & surname
Fielding
“from the field”
Fielding is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the field.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the field.”
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 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fielding through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 602
- 602 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 490 as a first name in 2020; 5,913 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.
Fielding’s family of names
Fielding has a related form in Field. Fielding has a related form in Fields. Fielding has a related form in Felding.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fielding
- Fielding L. WrightAmerican politician (1895-1956)
- Fielding Hudson GarrisonAmerican medical historian (1870–1935)
- Fielding Bradford MeekAmerican scientist (1817-1876)
- Fielding H. YostAmerican college football player and coach (1871–1946); College Football Hall of Fame member
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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