Dawn
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning the first light of day.
Dawn by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Dawn. In the US, 99 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 15,682 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dawn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Dawn
Names that are said the same way as Dawn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dayne38 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Dawn, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dawn
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