Byson

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Byson by the numbers

Byson was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Byson

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 Byson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brysonson of Brice; descendant of the speckled one4,641 in the US (2017)
  • Byronfrom the cow farm; a surname used as given name397 in the US (2017)
  • Bensonson of ben or blessed son620 in the US (2017)
  • BostonBoston town; place name used as given name425 in the US (2017)
  • Brysenson of Brice; descendant of the speckled one; modern respelling of Bryson260 in the US (2017)
  • Braysonson of Bray; a form of Brayden218 in the US (2017)

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