Fawn

Where Fawn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Fawn.

Fawn through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,723 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Fawn M. Brodie born
    American historian and biographer
  3. 1959
    Fawn Hall born
    American civil servant
  4. 1977
    Peak, #763
    198 babies named Fawn, its best rank.
  5. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,496.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Fawn M. Brodie · American historian and biographer, 1915–1981
  • Fawn Hall · American civil servant, born 1959
  • Fawn Veerasunthorn · Thai film director, born 1983
  • Fawn Rogers · American artist
  • Fawn Sharp · politician, born 1970

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.