Given name & surname
Lefty
“a left-handed man”
Lefty is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a left-handed man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a left-handed man.”
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 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lefty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lefty’s family of names
Lefty has a related form in Leftea. Lefty has a related form in Leftee. Lefty has a related form in Leftey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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