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
Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #715 among girls, 232 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1982
    Peak, #376
    611 babies named Fallon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Fallon Bowman born
    Canadian rock musician
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #714.
  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.