The first name Wyatt was derived from the Norman surname ‘Guyot’, which in turn comes from ‘widu’, proto-Germanic for ‘wood’.
Wyatt is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Wyatt is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #34 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Wyatt, accounting for approximately 0.50 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 184,916 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Wyatt. That is 0.06 % of all living Americans.
The first name Wyatt was derived from the Norman surname ‘Guyot’, which in turn comes from ‘widu’, proto-Germanic for ‘wood’.
By the way… one of the most famous people to bear this name is probably the gunslinger Wyatt (Barry Stapp) Earp
Wyatt Ruther (1923 -1999)
Wyatt 'Bull' Ruther was an American jazz double bassist who worked with numerous jazz greats and other musicians, including Dave Brubeck, Lena Horne and Fraser MacPherson. In 1955 he founded the Canadian Jazz Quartet in Ottawa. Between 1972 and 1984 he was part of the jazz scene in Vancouver before moving to San Francisco, where he accompanied Benny Carter, among others.
Wyatt Russell (*1986)
Wyatt Russell is an American actor who has appeared in such films as '22 Jump Street' and 'Overlord'. He is the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and began his career as an actor in the 2000s. Before his acting career he was a professional ice hockey player, but due to an injury he ended his professional career.
Wyatt Earp (1848 1929)
Wyatt Earp was a famous gunslinger and lawman in the Wild West of the USA in the 19th century. He was best known for the famous 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral' in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881, in which he fought the Clanton and McLaury brothers along with his brothers Virgil and Morgan and his friend Doc Holliday. Although considered one of the heroes of the Gunfight, Earp also had a controversial career as a lawman and was often accused of tolerating violence and corruption.
Wyatt Eaton (1849 - 1896)
Charles Wyatt Eaton, known as Wyatt Eaton, was a Canadian painter. In the autumn of 1867, Eaton became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York and was instrumental in founding the Society of Canadian Artists. In 1872 he became a student of Jean-L鯮 G鲴me at the ɣole des Beaux-Arts. Later he became a lecturer and painted commissioned works and portraits. One of his last works was a book about his friend Jean-Fran篩s Millet.
When you hear the name Wyatt, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Wyatt? Are you also called Wyatt? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
On the Antarctic Peninsula in Graham Land you will not only find Wyatt Island (south), but also the Wyatt Glacier (north).
Wyatt Hill is a small, icy hill about 1,640 ft. (500 m) high on the Walgreen Coast of West Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land.
In the USA, there are a few smaller places such as unincorporated communities, towns and villages that bear the name Wyatt, e.g. in Indiana, Missouri or West Virginia.
Wyatt is the epitome of persistance. Every single year since first names have been registered in the United States, parents have come up with the idea of naming their son Wyatt. This means that several boys and men named Wyatt have witnessed major events such as the first Nobel Prize ceremony, the moon landing, the release of the first cell phone, or the turn of the millennium. The first name Wyatt has reached its best rank of 27 several times, most recently in 2020. Moreover, the name has been in the top 100 numerous times. This makes Wyatt one of the most popular names of all time.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Wyatt was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Wyatt will be Wyatt. Like every other year, there were newborns named Wyatt in 2022 – in fact 7,220 to be precise, confirming Wyatt is still a very popular first name. In this most recent year for which US-wide statistics are available, the name ranked #37 among all boys‘ names. Incidentally, the least popular year for Wyatt was 1935, when only 30 baby boys were named Wyatt.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Wyatt. Because: There are men and boys named Wyatt in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, just 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Wyatt is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular male first names, for example in Idaho, where Wyatt ranks on position 75. The greatest chance of meeting Wyatt, however, is in Alaska, where one in 322 boys and men bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 904 men and boys and in New Jersey, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 2,541 men and boys for their name before you once get Wyatt as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter W is quite rare as an initial letter for boys' names: only 1.5% of all common boys' names in the US begin with a W, which means that this initial occurs only about half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, W is by no means the rarest initial. While J, A and D are the most common first letters of boys' names, X, U and Q are the least common initials of feminine first names.
With five letters, the name Wyatt is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that since 1.5% of all boys’ names begin with a W, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. By the way, of the comparatively few boys' names that begin with a W, William is currently the most common.
If your name is Wyatt and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Wyatt, you can simply say:
Windmill
Yoyo
Apple
Tiger
Tiger
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Wyatt
Wyatt
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
W
Y
A
T
T
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
W
Y
A
T
T
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Wyatt sounds like this:
