as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: in origin a nickname for someone from Texas. The name of the state derives from an Indian tribal name, meaning ‘friends’, recorded as early as 1541 in the form Teyas and subsequently transmitted through Spanish sources.
| 5,310th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,698
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Tex per capita
- 1938
- marked the height of its popularity
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