Hawken
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Hawken by the numbers
Hawken was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Hawken
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 Hawken. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hawkehawk; bird of prey or variant of Hawks18 in the US (2017)
- Hawkinlittle hawk; a form of Hawk or Hawkins17 in the US (2017)
- Haakenhigh kinsman; a form of Håkon7 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Havensafe place or harbor1,195 in the US (2017)
- Haidenheather-covered hill; a modern form of Hayden207 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hawken
Names that are said the same way as Hawken, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Hawken
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