Given name & surname · also English
Skeet
“one who is swift”·“one who shoots”
Skeet is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is swift” and “one who shoots”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is swift” and “one who shoots”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
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 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Skeet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 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 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 435 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.
Skeet’s family of names
Skeet has a related form in Skeeter. Skeet has a related form in Skeat. Skeet has a related form in Skeate.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Skeetervariant
- Skeetzvariant
- Sketesvariant
- Sketevariant
- Skeitevariant
- Skeitvariant
- Skeatevariant
- Skeatvariant
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