Dailon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dailon by the numbers

Dailon was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dailon

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

  • Daimonspirit or demon16 in the US (2017)
  • Dilonloyal; a form of Dillon5 in the US (2017)
  • Daylon52 in the US (2017)
  • Dallon17 in the US (2017)
  • Daijon15 in the US (2017)
  • Dailen14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dailon

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

  • Daylenson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan149 in the US (2017)
  • Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
  • Dallinfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas53 in the US (2017)
  • Daylin114 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyn29 in the US (2017)
  • Dalen21 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dailon

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