Jayon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.
Jayon by the numbers
Jayon was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 70 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jayon
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 Jayon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jaxonson of Jack; a modern respelling of Jackson7,670 in the US (2017)
- Jasonhealer4,221 in the US (2017)
- Jaysonhe heals; variant spelling of Jason630 in the US (2017)
- Jadonhe will judge; a biblical name46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaronhe will sing or rejoice94 in the US (2017)
- Javon218 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jayon
Names that are said the same way as Jayon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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