Given name & surname
Like
“a soft-spoken man”
Like is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a soft-spoken man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a soft-spoken man.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Like through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 6 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 6 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 as a first name in 2020; 1,204 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.
Like’s family of names
Like has a related form in Lyke. In English usage, Like as a surname has a related form in LUIK.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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