Dewon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dewon by the numbers

Dewon was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Dewon

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

  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
  • Deondivine; a form of Dionysus or Dion159 in the US (2017)
  • Deiondivine; a form of Dion or Dionysus112 in the US (2017)
  • Dewanroyal council, court official3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dejon39 in the US (2017)
  • Deron37 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dewon

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

  • Duanedark; a form of Dubhán100 in the US (2017)
  • Dewaynedark; dark-haired; variant of duane or dwayne90 in the US (2017)
  • Duwaynedark; variant spelling of Dwayne6 in the US (2017)
  • Duwan5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dewon

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