Dayvon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dayvon by the numbers

Dayvon was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 68 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Dayvon

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

  • Daytonsettlement on the river Dae271 in the US (2017)
  • Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
  • Daysonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson45 in the US (2017)
  • Daymona form of Daemon or Damian, spirit or to tame12 in the US (2017)
  • Daylon52 in the US (2017)
  • Dayvion24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dayvon

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

  • Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
  • Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
  • Davaughnbeloved; a form of David11 in the US (2017)
  • Davyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Daivon8 in the US (2017)
  • Davine7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dayvon

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