Dayon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dayon by the numbers

Dayon was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dayon

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

  • Daron54 in the US (2017)
  • Dajon10 in the US (2017)
  • Dyon10 in the US (2017)
  • Deyon9 in the US (2017)
  • Dayln6 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dayon

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

  • Dayanjudge7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dawaynedark; a form of Dwayne7 in the US (2017)
  • Dawnefirst light; variant spelling of dawn
  • Dayanne14 in the US (2017)
  • Daian5 in the US (2017)
  • Daghan3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Dayon

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