Dawna
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning dawn; daybreak; a form of dawn or donna.
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
Dawna by the numbers
Dawna was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 264 babies in 1966, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dawna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Dawna
Names that are said the same way as Dawna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Dawna, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Dawna
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