Summit: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “highest point”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- SUM-it · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (81% of all uses)
An English vocabulary word used as a modern given name. It comes from Old French somete, ultimately from Latin summum 'highest'.
How popular is Summit?
Babies named Summit in 2024108
2024 rank#1,845 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18801,115
Summit is rising: use over the last five years is 4.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Summit
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Summit questions
What does the name Summit mean?
Summit means "highest point". It comes from English. An English vocabulary word used as a modern given name. It comes from Old French somete, ultimately from Latin summum 'highest'.
Is Summit a boy or girl name?
Summit is mainly a boy's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Summit?
108 US babies were named Summit in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Summit?
Summit is usually pronounced SUM-it.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.