Dayson
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning son of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson.
Dayson by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Dayson. In the US, 45 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from David
Like Dayson, each of these traces back to David: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Davidbeloved10,133 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dayson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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