Girl · English
Dawn
Say it: DAWN
Meaning
From the English word dawn 'daybreak'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A word name popular in Britain and the US from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 290,208 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 111 girls
- 83 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dawne
Famous bearers
- Dawn French, English comedian
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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