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Dreydon

Gender
Boy
Say it
DRAY-den
Origin
Modern

Dreydon is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Dreydon come from?

Modern: spelling of Dreyden; Drey plus -den, echoing Dryden and Jayden

Meaning borrowed from Dreyden.

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

Dreydon is a boys' name.

How popular is Dreydon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the boys named Dreydon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

2003Busiest: 13 in 20122020
Dreydon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20205#12,016
20190–
20187#9,664
20175#12,241
20165#12,180
20157#9,562
20147#9,636
20136#10,722
201213#6,300
20119#8,072
201012#6,692
200912#6,798
20086#11,030
20076#10,915
20065#12,048
20050–
20040–
20035#10,886

Nicknames for Dreydon

Names like Dreydon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Dreydon

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dreydon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dreydon, updated 20 October 2026.