Dreyson

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dreyson by the numbers

Dreyson was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dreyson

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

  • Dreytonsettlement where dregs or sediment is found10 in the US (2017)
  • Drayson36 in the US (2017)
  • Dreysen10 in the US (2017)
  • Dreydon5 in the US (2017)
  • Dysonson of dye or of dionysus47 in the US (2017)
  • Daysonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson45 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dreyson

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

Names about as common as Dreyson

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