as a First Name
Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which seems to have been originally a local name from a lost place in Ayrshire. Robert Fulton (1765–1815) was the American engineer who designed the first commercially successful steamboat. In Britain the name is associated with the Scottish actor Fulton McKay (1922–87).
| 6,042nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Fultan, Fultaneh, Fultine, Fultn, Fulitaunga, Fultonberg, Fullilove, Fuailelagi, Fumintra, Fuifuikueli
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,179
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Fulton per capita
- 1915
- marked the height of its popularity
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