Given name & surname
Set
“one who has been compensated”
Set is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been compensated.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been compensated.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish use, Set has a related form in Seth. The history of Seth gives this family its wider story. In Genesis 4:25, Eve names the child born after Abel’s death Seth in connection with the idea of being “appointed” or “placed.” The name later found favor among Puritans, including for children born after the loss of a sibling.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Set through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020; 201 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.
Set’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Set has a related form in Seth. In Swedish usage, Set has a conventional equivalent in the English form Seth. Set has a related form in Sett.
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Around the world
Set has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Set
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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