Dawn

English

"dawn, sunrise"

Dawn Origin and Meaning

The name Dawn is a girl's name meaning "dawn, sunrise".

Dawn's heyday in the US, Canada and the UK came in the 1960s and 70s. It peaked at #14 in the US in 1971, but has since sunk from sight to be eclipsed by other names with the same meaning, such as Aurora, Roxana or Zariah.

Dawn Rank in US Top 1000

# 913 in the US

Dawn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 696 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Dawn

• 696 Nameberry 2025
• 966 Unique 2022

20 Names Similar to Dawn

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• Harmony
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• Crystal
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• Trixie
• Misty
• Melody
• Robin
• Heather
• Scarlet
• Angel
• Ebony
• Amber
• Destiny
• Paris
• Serenity
• Katniss
• Sapphire
• Emerald
• Roxanne

Famous People Named Dawn

• Dawn Michelle Staley American basketball player and coach
• Dawn Elberta Wells American actress
• Dawn Burrell American Olympic long jumper
• Dawn Roma French English actress, writer, and comedienne
• Dawn O'Porter British television presenter and writer
• Dawn Evelyeen Paris birth name of Anne Shirley, American actress
• Dawn Lyn American actress
• Dawn Fraser Australian Olympic swimmer
• Dawn Joanne Langstroth Canadian singer,songwriter
• Dawn Upshaw American soprano
• Dawn Alice Lake Australian actress/comedienne
• Dawn Marie (Psaltis) American pro wrestler
• Dawn Alexis Buth American tennis player
• Dawn Penn Jamaican reggae singer
• Dawn Powell American novelist
• Dawn Primarolo English MP
• Dawn Petula Butler English MP
• Dawn Angeliqué Richard American singer of group Danity Kane
• Dawn Sherrese Robinson American singer of group En Vogue
• Dawn Silva American funk singer
• Dawn Leslie Steel American film producer; first woman to head a major studio
• Dawn Therese Brancheau American animal trainer who was killed by an orca at SeaWorld
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson Canadian country music singer
• E’Dawn stage name of Kim Hyojong; rapper, dancer, and member of the South Korean boy band Pentagon

The name Dawn in Pop Culture

• Dawn Buckets teenaged character in Disney XD's "Kirby Buckets"
• Dawn Harper 10,year,old character on TV's "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn"
• Dawn Summers character on UPN's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Dawn Roxanna Swann character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Dawn Woods character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Dawn Longchamp main character in V.C. Andrews' "Dawn"
• Dawn a main character in video games Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
• Prairie Dawn character on TV's "Sesame Street"
• Dawn Read Schafer character in "The Babysitters Club" series and its spin,off "California Diaries"
• Dawn character in comic books by Joseph Michael Linsner
• "Horizon Zero Dawn" video game
• "Alien Dawn " an American,Canadian science fiction/comedy television series which aired on Nicktoons
• "Dawn (Go Away) " song by The Four Seasons
• Tony Orlando and Dawn American pop group
• "Dawn of the Dead " movie
• "Breaking Dawn " installment in the "Twilight" series
• Dawn character in the musical "Waitress"
• Dawn Bellwether Assistant Mayor sheep in Disney's "Zootopia"
• Dawn character in the 2019 film "Hustlers"