Given name & surname
Fuller
“one who presses, shrinks, and thickens cloth”
Fuller is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who presses, shrinks, and thickens cloth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who presses, shrinks, and thickens cloth.”
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 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fuller through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 475
- 475 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,947 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,947 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 345 as a first name in 2020; 105,864 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.
Fuller’s family of names
Fuller has a related form in Fuler. Fuller has a related form in Fullar. Fuller has a related form in Fullere.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fullenvariant · English
- Füllervariant · German
- Fulervariant
- Fullerevariant
- Fullyrvariant
- Fullirvariant
- Fullurvariant
- Fullorvariant
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People named Fuller
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