Daylon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 52 babies a year in the US.
Daylon by the numbers
Daylon was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 153 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Daylon
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 Daylon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Daytonsettlement on the river Dae271 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Daysonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson45 in the US (2017)
- Dylonson of the sea; a variant spelling of Dylan36 in the US (2017)
- Daymona form of Daemon or Damian, spirit or to tame12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Daylon
Names that are said the same way as Daylon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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