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Dawsyn

Unisex · DAW-sin · English

Unisex

Dawsyn is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Daw (David)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).

What does Dawsyn mean?

English: respelling of the surname Dawson

“son of Daw (David)”

Dawson is an English surname from Daw, a medieval pet form of David.

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Is Dawsyn a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Dawsyn has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls and 20 boys in the US.

How popular is Dawsyn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,779among girls
Babies in 2025
39about 1 in 41,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Dawsyn, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 162 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 20 boys were also named Dawsyn in 2025 (4,856th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Dawsyn than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Dawsyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Dawsyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.

In 2009, 29% of the babies named Dawsyn in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 66%, with more girls than boys since 2013.

1999Busiest: 162 in 20172025
Dawsyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202539#3,779
202444#3,516
202378#2,336
202285#2,208
202196#2,007
202078#2,277
201994#2,035
2018156#1,424
2017162#1,409
201664#2,697
201550#3,254
201433#4,348
201327#5,011
201217#7,140
201119#6,561
201013#8,697
20099#11,454
20088#12,574
20075#17,630
20067#13,601
20058#11,828
20046#14,172
20036#13,837
20020–
20010–
20008#10,738
19999#9,472

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Names like Dawsyn

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