Fawn: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “young deer”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- FAWN · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Girls
Fawn is an English vocabulary name from the animal term for a young deer. It can also evoke the light yellowish-brown color word.
How popular is Fawn?
Babies named Fawn in 202422
Peak year1977
Total US babies since 18805,615
Fawn is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Fawn
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Fawn questions
What does the name Fawn mean?
Fawn means "young deer". It comes from English. Fawn is an English vocabulary name from the animal term for a young deer. It can also evoke the light yellowish-brown color word.
Is Fawn a boy or girl name?
Fawn is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Fawn?
22 US babies were named Fawn in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.
How do you pronounce Fawn?
Fawn is usually pronounced FAWN.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.