Dawn Forename
1,432nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 679,811 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands
Dawn Forename Definition:
A female name. the use of this as a christian name is a 2oth-C invention of novelette writers, which has sometimes been adopted in real life.
Dawn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 486,354 | 1:745 | 146 |
| England | 100% | 101,603 | 1:547 | 124 |
| Canada | 100% | 35,333 | 1:938 | 208 |
| South Africa | 99% | 11,757 | 1:4,638 | 877 |
| Australia | - | 6,662 | 1:2,050 | 387 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6,434 | 1:832 | 174 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,592 | 1:811 | 191 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,317 | 1:582 | 136 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,428 | 1:841 | 219 |
| Philippines | 86% | 2,500 | 1:42,404 | 3,299 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,243 | 1:3,736 | 426 |
| Guyana | 100% | 945 | 1:808 | 99 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 735 | 1:2,508 | 381 |
| Bangladesh | - | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 706 | 1:1,928 | 368 |
| Cambodia | 77% | 698 | 1:23,314 | 2,009 |
| Singapore | 100% | 552 | 1:11,390 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | 55% | 487 | 1:35,138 | 2,639 |
| Zimbabwe | 84% | 436 | 1:35,376 | 3,375 |
| India | 66% | 405 | 1:2,999,699 | 136,513 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 391 | 1:43,228 | 3,124 |
| China | - | 357 | 1:3,826,487 | 51,290 |
| Barbados | - | 332 | 1:873 | 201 |
| Egypt | - | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Thailand | 90% | 260 | 1:269,484 | 15,877 |
| Germany | 99% | 256 | 1:377,648 | 4,460 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Kenya | - | 219 | 1:211,448 | 8,408 |
| France | 100% | 180 | 1:369,280 | 4,580 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Bahamas | - | 172 | 1:2,322 | 488 |
| Spain | 100% | 170 | 1:273,706 | 4,755 |
| Belize | 100% | 164 | 1:2,160 | 494 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 152 | 1:654 | 89 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 149 | 1:204,362 | 11,740 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| Jersey | - | 137 | 1:730 | 169 |
| Hong Kong | - | 127 | 1:61,045 | 2,587 |
| Bermuda | - | 111 | 1:584 | 102 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 106 | 1:1,035 | 213 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Botswana | 67% | 95 | 1:22,994 | 2,710 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Nigeria | 87% | 90 | 1:1,972,937 | 39,921 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 90 | 1:1,240 | 208 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 79 | 1:103,968 | 3,224 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:796 | 156 |
| Israel | 70% | 74 | 1:113,553 | 4,644 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| Saint Lucia | 88% | 70 | 1:2,540 | 473 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 69 | 1:795 | 151 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:488 | 56 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Qatar | 95% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Brazil | 100% | 58 | 1:3,693,727 | 63,766 |
| Zambia | - | 57 | 1:278,154 | 8,405 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 55 | 1:3,533,776 | 39,035 |
| Norway | 100% | 50 | 1:102,647 | 3,293 |
| Sweden | 97% | 50 | 1:197,158 | 6,891 |
| Italy | 93% | 49 | 1:1,246,165 | 10,159 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Mexico | 89% | 38 | 1:3,266,959 | 15,678 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Namibia | - | 36 | 1:66,783 | 3,675 |
| Greece | 100% | 35 | 1:312,416 | 5,175 |
| Grenada | 95% | 34 | 1:3,180 | 594 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 32 | 1:27,221 | 1,520 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 31 | 1:766,764 | 34,151 |
| Belgium | 100% | 28 | 1:410,359 | 7,204 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 28 | 1:1,240 | 288 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Russia | 100% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Austria | 100% | 21 | 1:405,438 | 4,185 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| Uganda | 75% | 21 | 1:1,950,330 | 25,877 |
| Panama | 100% | 20 | 1:195,328 | 7,631 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Chile | 94% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,210 | 201 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 14 | 1:947 | 149 |
| Liberia | 80% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Poland | 67% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Peru | 88% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Georgia | - | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Congo | 67% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Indonesia | - | 6 | 1:42,993,945 | 799,692 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | 81% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Hungary | 82% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Dàwn (1) are calculated separately.
Dawn (20,405) may also be a surname.
Dawn Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the use of this as a christian name is a 2oth-C invention of novelette writers, which has sometimes been adopted in real life.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Daybreak.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Teutonic name, meaning: Break of day.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dawn Forename Popularity
Dawn Demographics
Average Dawn Salary in
United States
$44,436 USD
Per year
Rank:
191,182 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.136423
Rank: 141 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
102.08%
Sample size: 253,085 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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