Fun Facts About the Name Balon
- 5 babies named Balon: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Balon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Balon Mean?
Balon has no securely established meaning as a given name. The most concrete etymology attached to the spelling belongs to the French surname Balon, a variant of Ballon. That surname is often derived from Old French ballon, "ball," from a Germanic word for "ball"; it has been explained as a nickname for someone who played ball or had a round build. This is a surname explanation, not a confirmed derivation of the first name. A separate association is the Tagalog word balon, "well," which appears in Philippine surnames, but there is no documented link from that word to Balon as a given name.
Balon Name History & Origins
Balon is rare as a first name in English-speaking countries. Its better-attested use is as a surname: French Balon and Ballon are surname forms, with the single-l spelling treated as a variant. The French name's proposed origin in the Old French word for a ball is a surname etymology; it does not establish the meaning of Balon as a first name. In the Philippines, Balon occurs as a surname and corresponds to the Tagalog noun balon, "well," though a direct derivation is not certain. The given name is also familiar from Balon Greyjoy, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, including A Game of Thrones (1996). That literary use is a modern association, not evidence of the name's earliest history.
How Popular is the Name Balon?
Balon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1983. Its best rank was #10,418 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | #10,418 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Balon Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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