Vaun

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Vaun by the numbers

Vaun was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 1958, making it a 1950s name.

What we can tell you about Vaun

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

  • Vanfrom or of; a preposition used in surnames251 in the US (2017)
  • Varunhindu deity of water and oceans47 in the US (2017)
  • Vannfrom the fen; variant of Van21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Vaun

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

  • Vaughnsmall or little235 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Vaun

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