Deyon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

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

Deyon by the numbers

Deyon was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Deyon

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

  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
  • Dayon17 in the US (2017)
  • Delon17 in the US (2017)
  • Dyon10 in the US (2017)
  • Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
  • Devendescendant of Damhán; fawn-like; a spelling variant of Devin89 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deyon

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

  • Deondivine; a form of Dionysus or Dion159 in the US (2017)
  • Deiondivine; a form of Dion or Dionysus112 in the US (2017)
  • Deyandivine or godly4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deian5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Deyon

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