Scout came into the name world riding on the back of one indelible character: Jean Louise Finch, narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird, a barefoot girl in overalls who saw more than the adults around her. From the Old French escouter, to listen, the word belongs to sentries and trailblazers, to the quiet one at the edge of the campfire. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore gave it a public boost in the eighties; now at 927 it's become a genuinely shared name, boy or girl or neither. Brisk, observant, outdoorsy, Scout keeps its ear to the ground.
Popularity
1880 to today
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Sibling name ideas
- Joey
- Dior
- True
- Joan
- Sol
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- Joey
- Dior
- True
- Joan
- Sol
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