Gender: Boy
Meaning: Son of David — beloved heir, blessed lineage
Origin: English/Hebrew
Popularity: Ranked #139 in 2024 with 2,576 babies born.
History: Dawson is an English surname meaning son of Daw, where Daw was a medieval nickname for David. It became popular as a given name in the late 1990s in the United States, largely driven by the TV show Dawson's Creek, and remains in steady use.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Dawson? About 1 in 1,249 babies born in 2024 were named Dawson, or roughly 7.3 per day in the United States.
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