Dawan

Where Dawan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dawan.

Dawan through the years
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,535 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #1,633
    35 babies named Dawan, the most in any year.
  3. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,729.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.