Newt - Meaning of Newt

What does Newt mean?

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[ 1 syll. new(t), ne-wt ] The baby boy name Newt is pronounced as N-UWT †. Newt is of Old English origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. Newt is a contraction of Newton (English).

See also the related category english.

Newt is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1902 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Newt. It was #845 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is of only infrequent use today. Among all boy names in its family, Newt was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Newt include Newte, Knute (English and Scandinavian), Nand, Nat (English and Hebrew), Nate (English), Nath (Indian), Natt (English), Ned (English), Nhat, Nhate, Nhatt, Nhatte, Night, Nithi (Tamil), Ntai (Sotho), Nuehad, Nuetau, Knight, Knud (German and Scandinavian), and Knyght.

† Pronunciation for Newt: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

A famous person named Newt is Politician Newt Gingrich, born Newton Leroy McPherson 17 June 1943, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.