Waymon

Where Waymon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Waymon.

Waymon through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #755 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Peak, #595
    95 babies named Waymon, the most in any year.
  3. 1940
    Waymon Reed born
    American musician
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,206.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Waymon Reed · American musician, 1940–1983

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.