Dejaun

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dejaun by the numbers

Dejaun was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Dejaun

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

  • Dajaun5 in the US (2017)
  • Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deganblack-haired; from Dagan11 in the US (2017)
  • Dewanroyal council, court official3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deyandivine or godly4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deshaun75 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dejaun

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

Names about as common as Dejaun

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