Deacon

Greek
"messenger, servant"

Deacon Origin and Meaning

The name Deacon is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "messenger, servant".

This name was transposed from the word for a church officer to a baby name when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe chose it for their son, after a baseball player ancestor, and Don Johnson followed suit. Its popularity also got a boost from Nashville character Deacon Claybourne -- only to fall a bit in recent years.

# 534 in the US

Deacon Rank in US Top 1000

# 827 on Nameberry

Deacon Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Deacon Popularity

Famous People Named Deacon

  • James Thomas "Deacon" McGuire
    American baseball player
  • David D. "Deacon" Jones
    American NFL football player
  • Carroll Elmer "Deacon" Jones
    American baseball pitcher
  • James Laurie "Deacon" White
    American baseball player
  • Deacon John Moore
    American R&B musician
  • Deacon Tehanakore Manu
    New Zealand,born Fijian rugby union player
  • Deacon Reese Phillippe
    son of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
  • Deacon Frey
    son of musician Glenn Frey of The Eagles
  • Deacon Johnson (b. 2006)
    son of American actor Don Johnson
  • John Richard Deacon
    bassist of Queen

Deacon in Pop Culture

  • Deacon Claybourne
    character on TV's "Nashville"
  • Deacon Slemp
    sadist in Nathanael West's "A Cool Million" (1934)
  • Deacon "Deke" Kaye
    character in the movie "S.W.A.T."
  • Deacon Frost
    character in Marvel Comics
  • Deacon
    character in video game, Fallout 4
  • Deacon Blue
    Scottish rock band
  • Deacon Hatcher
    character in book series "The Program"
  • "Deacon Blues
    " song by Steely Dan on their 1977 album "Aja"
  • Deacon
    vampire in Taika Waititi's film, "What We Do in the Shadows"
  • Deacon Palmer
    character on TV's "King of Queens"
  • Deacon Logan
    character from the Bill & Ted movies