Flint

English

"born near outcrop of flint"

Flint Origin and Meaning

The name Flint is a boy's name of English origin meaning "born near outcrop of flint".

Flint is one of the new macho names on the rise today, part old-school tough guy, part rebel. You won't find a tougher, steelier-sounding name; it's part of a genre on the rise along with cousins Slate, Stone and Steel.

Flint found itself on the popularity list for a few years in 1959-60, but would prove a distinctive choice today.

Flint has superhero overtones--there's one in "Spiderman"--aka Sandman--and Captain Flint was a Marvel comic, and Flint is both a legendary pirate and a parrot in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. But on the softer side, there's also inventor Flint Lockwood in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

Flint Rank in US Top 1000

# 820 in the US

Flint Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 884 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Flint

• 884 Nameberry 2025
• 988 Unique 2020

20 Names Similar to Flint

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Famous People Named Flint

• Flint Dille American screenwriter
• Flint Fleming American AFL player

The name Flint in Pop Culture

• Flint Marko aka William Baker aka Sandman character in Spider,Man comics
• Flint Forster character in animated series "Supah Ninjas"
• Flint aka Dashiell R. Faireborn character in the G.I. Joe series
• Flint character in the "Power of Five" series
• Flint Lockwood character in film "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
• Flint notorious pirate captain in "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Marcus Flint character in the "Harry Potter" series
• Flint Michigan, USA