Deshon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deshon by the numbers

Deshon was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 94 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Deshon

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

  • Dashon22 in the US (2017)
  • Deshun14 in the US (2017)
  • Deshone5 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
  • Deleonof the lion; from Leon10 in the US (2017)
  • Devion27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deshon

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

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