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Dragon

in the US

There are 1,954 people with the last name "Dragon" in the United States.

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Dragon 12,473
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  1. is 12,469th most common Simoneaux
  2. is 12,470th most common Sroka
  3. is 12,471st most common Choudhury
  4. is 12,472nd most common Devos
  5. is 12,473rd most common Dragon
  6. is 12,474th most common Figueiredo
  7. is 12,475th most common Gauger
  8. is 12,476th most common Gunnels
  9. is 12,477th most common Hoss

Similar Names and Nicknames

Drago, Dryden, Dragoo, Drager, Dragan, Dragone, Dragovich, Drage, Dragos, Dragoun

Most Common First Names for Dragon

John, David, Michael, Joseph, Richard, Edward, James, Robert, Donald, Jennifer

Meaning & History

French: from the Germanic personal name Drago, a short form of Dragwald, composed of the elements drag- ‘to carry’ + wald ‘power’, ‘rule’.

French and English (of Norman origin): nickname or occupational name for someone who carried a standard in battle or else in a pageant or procession, from Middle English, Old French dragon ‘snake’, ‘monster’ (Latin draco, genitive draconis, from Greek drakōn, ultimately from derkesthai ‘to flash’). This word was applied in Late Latin to military standards in the form of windsocks, so resembling snakes.

Polish and Ukrainian: from dragon ‘dragoon’.

Polish, Jewish (from Poland), and Ukrainian: from Polish dragon ‘dragoon’. As a Jewish name it is of ornamental origin.

New England form of French D’Aragon (see Deragon).

FOREBEARS Francois D’Aragon ‘dit La France’ married Marie Guillemet in 1697. They are the ancestors of all the Dragons in VT.

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