Given name & surname
Vanderbilt
“from the hill”
Vanderbilt is used as a given name and a surname. One Dutch interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Dutch interpretation is “from the hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Dutch.
How it developed
In English usage, Vanderbilt as a surname developed from Van Der Bilt.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vanderbilt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 80 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 6 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 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,708 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.
Vanderbilt’s family of names
In English usage, Vanderbilt as a surname developed from the Dutch form Van Der Bilt. Vanderbilt has a related form in Vanderbalt. Vanderbilt has a related form in Vanderbelt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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