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Why parents love Spirit- Spirit IS the most fundamentally alive force.The animating breath.DreamWorks' Spirit IS animation's most beloved horse.Two syllables with a luminous, Latin sound: SPIR-it.The most directly alive-named name.
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The vibe of Spirit
breath of lifesoul's essenceLatinspiritusSpiritfundamentallyaliveforcebreathDreamWorkshorse
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Origin & history of Spirit
Latin spiritus (breath/spirit)
→ Spirit
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English roots
Spirit IS the most fundamentally alive force. DreamWorks' IS animation's most beloved horse.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Latin; DreamWorks' Spirit (2002).
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Today
Spirit remains a beloved choice, ranking #4998 in the US. 848 babies have been named Spirit since 1975.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Spirit?
2003
peak year
Today, Spirit is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4998), with only about 30 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2003, 57 babies were given the name (ranked #2766 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Spirit's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 848 babies have been registered as Spirit since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
57
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #2,766)
(ranked #2,766)
30
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
300
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
848
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Spirit1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
Spirit's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — spirit seeking. People named Spirit tend to be luminous, alive, and gifted at being the most fundamentally alive AND most beloved horse.
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Most fundamentally alive AND beloved horse✦
Animating-breath◈
DreamWorks◎
Luminous-Latin♡
Spir-It forceS1
P7
I9
R9
I9
T2
Sum: 37 → Life path 1
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Personality of Spirit🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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Famous people named SpiritClick any name to view their Wikipedia page.
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