Given name & surname
Snyder
“a tailor”
Snyder is a variant of Schneider. One German interpretation is “a tailor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Snyder is a variant of Schneider. One German interpretation is “a tailor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Snyder is a variant of Schneider. An origin associated with Schneider is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Snyder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 200
- 200 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,799 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,799 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 152,979 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.
Snyder’s family of names
Snyder has a related form in Schneider.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Snyder
- Snyder RiniPrime Minister of Solomon Islands1948–2025
- Snyder BrunellAmerican soccer playerborn 2007
- Snyder S. KirkpatrickAmerican politician (1848–1909)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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