Lavaughn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lavaughn by the numbers

Lavaughn was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 1923, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Lavaughn

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.

Sounds like Lavaughn

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

  • Lavindescendant of the lawyer20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavon46 in the US (2017)
  • Lavonne9 in the US (2017)

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