Name meaning & stats
Foster
Foster means “maker of scissors”. 8,361 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“maker of scissors”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
8,361 US babies were named Foster between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Foster (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)