Given name & surname

Pomp

Pomp is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Pomp isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Pomp through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1893
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Pomp in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1893–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1893. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151 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.

Pomp’s family of names

In German usage, Pomp as a surname has a related form in Pumpe.

Walk Pomp’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Pomp, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Profit

Profit is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Celtic

Pembroke

“from the broken hill” · “from the headland”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Dutch

Wint

Wint is a surname from Dutch.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Chinese · Royal

Wong

“king”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

American · Nature

Pink

“one who is healthy”

0Not recently recorded

97% boys · 3% girls

 

Cap

“a chaplain”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Slavic

Sip

“vulture”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

 

Sank

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Pomp’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Pomp

A sister for Pomp