Given name & surname
Stash
“of the sun's rays”
Stash is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “of the sun's rays.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “of the sun's rays.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Stash as a surname developed from STASCH.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stash through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 5 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 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 596 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.
Stash’s family of names
In English usage, Stash as a surname developed from the German form STASCH. Stash has a related form in Stashe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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