Fallon

Where Fallon comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Fallon
  • 2 syllables
Fallon through the years
  1. 1981
    Around this time: Dynasty
    TV, 1981 · Source
  2. 1981
    First appearance
    #715 among girls with 232 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1981
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1982
    Peak, #376
    611 babies named Fallon, the most in any year.
  5. 1983
    Fallon Bowman born
    Canadian rock musician
  6. 1994
    Fallon Sherrock born
    English darts player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Fallon Sherrock · English darts player, born 1994
  • Fallon Bowman · Canadian rock musician, born 1983

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.