as a Last Name
- 1,393
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dawn
Meaning & Origins
English: patronymic from Daw 1. It is suggested by Reaney and Wilson that the unusual -n suffix is a late survival of an Old English genitive ending, which was later superseded by the familiar -es suffix.
| 17,736th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,393
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Dawn per capita
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