Given name & surname
Lawyer
Lawyer is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “an attorney; one who defends or prosecutes others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “an attorney; one who defends or prosecutes others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lawyer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,021
- 1,021 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 31 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 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 373 as a first name in 2020; 3,933 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.
Lawyer’s family of names
Lawyer has a related form in Lauyer. Lawyer has a related form in Lauyor. Lawyer has a related form in Lawyor.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lawyer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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