Nash
Nash comes from the Old English "æt" (at) and "æsc" (ash tree) — meaning "at the ash tree." The name began as a surname. Nash entered the US top 1000 in 1995 and peaked at #341 in 2019. The driver was the broader trend toward short, surname-as-first-name. Nash (the mathematician John Nash, 1928-2015, of "A Beautiful Mind" fame) gave the name intellectual weight. Nash is a male name of English (place name) origin that means "At the ash tree". Brisk, modern, and a little intellectual. The name sounds direct. Nashs tend to be confident. US top 500 since 2015. Rising. Well-known people named Nash include John Nash (mathematician), Nash (English place name), Nash (fictional, various). Common variations and related forms of Nash include Nashe (variant), Nash (used across English), Nashy (nickname).