Dawsey
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Dawsey by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Dawsey.
What we can tell you about Dawsey
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 Dawsey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dawsenson of David; variant of Dawson31 in the US (2017)
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- Deweybeloved; a form of David28 in the US (2017)
- Daveybeloved; a diminutive of David13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daleyassembly; from the surname Ó Dálaigh11 in the US (2017)
- Dansbyfrom the farmstead of Dane; Danish settlement8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dawsey
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