Given name & surname · also Middle English
Younger
“young nobleman”
Younger is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Dutch.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Younger goes back to Middle Dutch jongheer, meaning “young nobleman.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Younger comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Younger as a surname developed from JONKER. In English usage, Younger as a surname developed from JUNKER.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Younger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 7 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 7 in 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,588 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.
Younger’s family of names
In English usage, Younger as a surname developed from the Dutch form JONKER. In English usage, Younger as a surname developed from the German form JUNKER.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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