Stetson
Meaning of Stetson
Stetson strides into the baby-name corral with the easy swagger of a tiny cowboy, its roots planted in an old English surname that hitched a ride across the Atlantic and never looked back. The name owes much of its wide-open-sky charm to John B. Stetson, the 19th-century hat maker whose rugged headgear became shorthand for frontier grit and free-spirited adventure. Today, parents hear STET-suhn and picture sun-bleached plains, honest work, and a boy who isn’t afraid to tip his hat in greeting. That image clearly resonates: after lingering in the 700s at the turn of the millennium, Stetson has galloped steadily up the U.S. charts to land just outside the Top 150 in 2024. It’s a warm, down-home choice—modern yet timeless, distinctive yet comfortably familiar—offering a dash of Western romance without straying too far from suburban sidewalks.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as STET-suhn (/ˈstɛtsən/)
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Notable People Named Stetson
| William Stetson Kennedy, an American author, folklorist, and human rights activist, infiltrated and exposed the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, helping Georgia revoke its charter in 1947, and wrote ten books. |
| Stetson Bennett is an NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams who rose from Georgia walk on to lead the Bulldogs to consecutive national titles in 2021 and 2022. |
