Dayne

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dayne by the numbers

Dayne was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 148 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dayne

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

  • Daylevalley; variant spelling of dale
  • Duanedark; a form of Dubhán100 in the US (2017)
  • Danniegod is my judge; diminutive of Daniel29 in the US (2017)
  • Doyledark foreigner; descendant of Dubhghall18 in the US (2017)
  • Diannedivine; a form of Diana16 in the US (2017)
  • Dainasong14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dayne

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

  • Danefrom Denmark; a Dane308 in the US (2017)
  • Dawnthe first light of day99 in the US (2017)
  • Danhe judged26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dain16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dayne

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