Aydon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aydon by the numbers

Aydon was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aydon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aydon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
  • Aydinintelligent; enlightened; bright83 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aydansmall fire; a variant of Aidan178 in the US (2017)
  • Adonlord; master38 in the US (2017)
  • Andonman; a form of Andrew19 in the US (2017)
  • Aldonold friend; noble friend18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aydon

Names that are said the same way as Aydon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
  • Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
  • Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
  • Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
  • Aidynlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aidan172 in the US (2017)
  • Audenold friend; from Ealdwine146 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aydon

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