Given name & surname
Mansfield
“from the field near the small river”
Mansfield is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the field near the small river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the field near the small river.”
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
Mansfield through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 513
- 513 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 21 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 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 as a first name in 2020; 17,921 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.
Mansfield’s family of names
Mansfield has a related form in Mansfeld. Mansfield has a related form in Maunfeld. Mansfield has a related form in Maunfield.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mansfield
- Mansfield Smith-CummingChief of the Secret Intelligence Service (1859–1923)
- Mansfield LovellConfederate Army general (1822–1884)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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