Bandon
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning fair haired; a place name in county cork.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Bandon by the numbers
Bandon was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1985, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bandon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Bannondescendant of Banbán; fair-headed10 in the US (2017)
- Bensonson of ben or blessed son620 in the US (2017)
- Braydonbroad hill; modern spelling of Braden338 in the US (2017)
- Bransonson of Bran the raven327 in the US (2017)
- Bentonbent grass settlement or town230 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Bandon, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bandon
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