Fun Facts About the Name Dawsyn
- More than 1 thousand babies named Dawsyn: U.S. records list 1,701 babies given the name Dawsyn from 1880 through 2025. Even 582 boys received the name Dawsyn - about 1 boy for every 2 girls.
What Does the Name Dawsyn Mean?
Dawsyn is a modern respelling of the English name Dawson, whose established meaning is "son of Daw." The second element is the Old English sunu, "son," the same word behind many English surnames ending in -son. The first element, Daw, was a common medieval English pet form of the Hebrew name David, which is generally understood to mean "beloved." So the literal sense of the patronymic is "son of Daw," with Daw standing in for David; the customary translation given for the name is "son of David."
Because Dawsyn is a respelling rather than a separate root, it carries the same meaning as Dawson. The altered -yn ending is a spelling change, not a change in sense, and it does not introduce a different etymology.
Dawsyn Name History & Origins
Dawson began as an English surname. Patronymic surnames formed with -son were especially common in northern England and in Scotland, where a man might be identified by his father's name; Daweson or Dawson would have identified a "son of Daw." Daw itself appears in medieval English records as a everyday short form of David, a name introduced widely in Britain through the Bible and the church. A separate medieval English word daw meant a jackdaw and could be used as a nickname for a talkative or foolish person, so a small number of Dawsons may descend from that nickname instead, though the David derivation is the usual explanation.
Dawson was long a family surname before it became a first name. Like many surnames, it moved into given-name use in the English-speaking world, and it appears as a male first name in the United States and elsewhere. Dawsyn is a later respelling that replaces the final -on with -yn, an ending widely used in modern respelled names and especially common in feminine forms. The name is now given to both boys and girls, with the respelled version generally appearing more often for girls than the traditional Dawson spelling does.
How Popular is the Name Dawsyn?
Dawsyn 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 2017. Its best rank was #1,410 in 2017.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,791 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2024 | #3,513 | 44 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #2,339 | 78 | 0.0049% |
| 2022 | #2,213 | 85 | 0.0052% |
| 2021 | #2,011 | 96 | 0.0059% |
| 2020 | #2,306 | 77 | 0.0048% |
| 2019 | #2,047 | 93 | 0.0055% |
| 2018 | #1,424 | 156 | 0.0092% |
| 2017 | #1,410 | 162 | 0.0094% |
| 2016 | #2,712 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2015 | #3,263 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2014 | #4,377 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #5,047 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #7,224 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #6,637 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #8,843 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #11,702 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #12,893 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #18,325 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #13,951 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #12,114 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #14,605 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,315 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,991 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #9,694 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,894 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #3,993 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #4,025 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #3,709 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,755 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #3,218 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #2,666 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #2,715 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #2,904 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #3,309 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #4,005 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #6,065 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #6,710 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #4,733 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,250 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #6,428 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #4,464 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #4,936 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #5,253 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #8,896 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #5,641 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #6,221 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #8,872 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #5,808 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #6,564 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #8,403 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #7,311 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #7,008 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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