Given name & surname · also French
Stuart
“a steward; the keeper of the estate”
Stuart is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stuart through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69,190
- 68,876 boys · 314 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 2,084 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #2,534 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,534 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,074 in 1960. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 52,140 as a first name in 2020; 34,534 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.
Stuart’s family of names
Stuart has a short form in Stu. Stuart has a related form in Stewart. Stuart has a related form in Stewart.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stewartvariant · English, Scots
- Steuartvariant · English
- Studiminutive · English
- Stewardvariant
- Stuarttlikely variant
- Stuarrtlikely variant
- Stewpotnickname · English
- Stuiediminutive · English
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stuart
- Stuart SutcliffeScottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)
- Stuart HallJamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist1932–2014
- Stuart PearceEnglish footballer and manager (born 1962)
- Stuart RoosaAmerican astronaut (1933–1994)
- Stuart WhitmanAmerican actor (1928-2020)
- Stuart BinghamEnglish snooker playerborn 1976
- Stu HoldenAmerican soccer playerborn 1985
- Stuart ArmstrongScottish association football playerborn 1992
- Stuart BaxterEnglish association football player and managerborn 1953
Characters named Stuart: 2-D (Fictional vocalist and keyboard player of the virtual band Gorillaz).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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