Given name & surname
Platt
“from the plains”·“from the flat land”
Platt is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the plains” (French) and “from the flat land” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the plains” (French) and “from the flat land” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Platt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 5 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 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,052 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.
Platt’s family of names
In English usage, Platt as a surname has a diminutive in PLATTEN. Platt has a related form in Plat. Platt has a related form in Platte.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Platt
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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