Iyon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Iyon by the numbers

Iyon was given to 10 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 Iyon

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

  • Iongoing; wanderer7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ivonarcher; a form of Ivon or Yvon5 in the US (2017)
  • Iyan12 in the US (2017)
  • Ison7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Iyon

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

  • Ioangod is gracious; welsh form of john31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ioanegod is gracious; samoan form of john9 in the US (2017)
  • Iaan9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Iyon

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