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.

# 913 in the US

Dawn Rank in US Top 1000

# 526 on Nameberry

Dawn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Dawn Popularity

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

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"