How popular is the baby name Condredge in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Condredge.

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Popularity of the baby name Condredge


Posts that mention the name Condredge

Baby names with DG: Ledger, Bridger, Judge

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Feeling nudged to choose a baby name that contains the letter-pair DG?

It’s an uncommon combination, but I’ve tracked down a few dozen options for you in this post!

Before we get to the names, though, let’s learn…

Where did -DGE come from in English?

French scribes, essentially.

In Old English, the “soft g” sound was rare, and it only occurred at the end of a word. When it did pop up, it was spelled with the digraph CG.

After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the ruling class of England spoke Anglo-Norman French. Over time, “the French-educated scribes [began] imposing traditional French spelling rules on English.”

The Normans had brought with them “soft g” words that utilized the letters G and I (which later evolved into J), but for native English words that contained the same sound, they decided to swap out CG for the trigraph DGE.

Some examples…

Old EnglishModern English
brycgbridge
ecgedge
hecghedge
hrycgridge
wecgwedge

Words derived from Anglo-Norman that happen to have the same ending include judge, pledge, and badge, and budge.

Now, on to the names!

Names with DG

Below are names that feature either DGE or the letter-pair DG (if it represents the same “soft G” sound). All of these names come from the SSA’s baby name data.

  • Adger
  • Adgie
  • Aldridge
  • Bridge
  • Bridger
  • Bridges
  • Bridget, Bridgett, Bridgette, Bridgete
  • Bridgetta
  • Bridgid
  • Bridgit, Bridgitt, Bridgitte
  • Cambridge
  • Coleridge
  • Condredge
  • Coolidge, Cooledge
  • Dandridge
  • Dodge
  • Dodger
  • Edge
  • Edgel
  • Edger
  • Edgerrin, Edgerin
  • Edwidge
  • Elbridge
  • Eldredge
  • Eldridge
  • Elridge
  • Etheridge
  • Ethridge
  • Gadge
  • Gidget, Gidgette
  • Hodge
  • Hodges
  • Judge
  • Knowledge
  • Ledgen
  • Ledgend
  • Ledger
  • Madge
  • Madgel
  • Madgie
  • Midge
  • Midgie
  • Milledge
  • Naledge
  • Padgett
  • Pledger
  • Redge
  • Redgie
  • Redginald
  • Ridge, Rydge
  • Ridger
  • Ridgely
  • Ridgeway
  • Ridgway
  • Rodger
  • Rodgerick
  • Rodgers
  • Rutledge
  • Sedgie
  • Sedgwick
  • Talmadge

Which DG name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

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Image: Adapted from Igel by Mi chaela under CC BY 2.0.

Interesting one-hit wonder names in the U.S. baby name data

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They came, they went, and they never came back!

These baby names are one-hit wonders in the U.S. baby name data. That is, they’ve only popped up once, ever, in the entire dataset of U.S. baby names (which accounts for all names given to at least 5 U.S. babies per year since 1880).

There are thousands of one-hit wonders in the dataset, but the names below have interesting stories behind their single appearance, so these are the one-hits I’m writing specific posts about. Just click on a name to read more.

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As I discover (and write about) more one-hit wonders in the data, I’ll add the names/links to this page. In the meanwhile, do you have any favorite one-hit wonder baby names?

Image: Adapted from Solitary Poppy by Andy Beecroft under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[Latest update: Dec. 2023]

Where did the baby name Condredge come from in 1974?

Football player Condredge Holloway
Condredge Holloway

The name Condredge has appeared in the U.S. baby name data just once, 1974:

  • 1976: unlisted
  • 1975: unlisted
  • 1974: 5 baby boys named Condredge [debut]
  • 1973: unlisted
  • 1972: unlisted

Where did it come from?

College football player Condredge Holloway, Jr., who was the starting quarterback for the University of Tennessee for three seasons: 1972, 1973, and 1974. (He began college just a year before the NCAA’s 1972 decision to allow freshman football players to play on varsity teams.)

He was also the first black quarterback to play in the Southeastern Conference.

Condredge Holloway was originally from Alabama, and both the University of Alabama and Auburn University tried to recruit him, but “[n]either wanted him as a quarterback.”

Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant was brutally frank with him, admitting Alabama wasn’t ready for a black quarterback.

In fact, Tennessee was the only school that gave him the opportunity to play that position. He led the Tennessee Volunteers to three bowl games and ended up with an overall record of 25-9-2.

He was named after his father, Condredge Holloway, Sr., but I’m not sure how his father came to have the name. (His paternal grandfather was named Arthur, incidentally.)

What are your thoughts on the baby name Condredge?

Sources: Condredge Holloway – Wikipedia, Condredge Holloway – Tennessee Alumnus, FamilySearch.org