Wisdom

Wisdom: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“wisdom”
Origin
English
Say it
WIZ-dum · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (50% girls, 50% boys since 1880)

An English vocabulary name, also found historically as a Puritan-style virtue name. It comes directly from the common noun.

How popular is Wisdom?

202431.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Wisdom in 2024102

2024 rank#3,059 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18801,965

Wisdom is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Wisdom

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Wisdom questions

What does the name Wisdom mean?

Wisdom means "wisdom". It comes from English. An English vocabulary name, also found historically as a Puritan-style virtue name. It comes directly from the common noun.

Is Wisdom a boy or girl name?

Wisdom is used for both: about 50% of US babies named Wisdom since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Wisdom?

102 US babies were named Wisdom in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Wisdom?

Wisdom is usually pronounced WIZ-dum.

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.