Given name & surname
Skeeter
“one who is swift”·“one who shoots”
Skeeter is a variant of Skeet. Interpretations include “one who is swift” and “one who shoots”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Skeeter is a variant of Skeet. Interpretations include “one who is swift” and “one who shoots”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Skeeter is a variant of Skeet. An origin associated with Skeet is English.
Explained through its name family
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
Skeeter through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 126 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 14 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 344 as a first name in 2020; 344 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.
Skeeter’s family of names
Skeeter has a related form in Skeet.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Skeeter
- Skeeter DavisAmerican singer-songwriter (1931-2004)
- Skeeter HenryAmerican basketball player (born 1967)
- Skeeter JacksonFrench basketball player (born 1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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