Deakin
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning deacon; servant or messenger.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Deakin by the numbers
Deakin was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deakin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deakonservant; variant spelling of Deacon18 in the US (2017)
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- Destindestiny; from Destinatus147 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Darinwealthy, rich; a variant of Darius61 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a helper
Like Deakin, each of these has a helper in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ezrahelp, helper1,300 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Adrielmy help is god; flock of god1,553 in the US (2017)
- Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marshallhorse servant or stable master938 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Deakin, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Deakin
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