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 [ 1 syll. faw(n), fa-wn ] The girl name Fawn is pronounced FAON KEY. Fawn has its origins in the English language and it is also used largely in English. Literally from the ordinary word fawn. The name could be derived from the English word, for its connotations of a young deer's innocence. It could also be from the combination of the names Fay and Dawn. The name was first used by English speakers in the 19th century. Variant forms of the name include the English names Fauna, Fawna, Fawnah, and Fawniah. See also the related forms, the English Dawn and the English Fay. Fawn is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1977, 0.012% of baby girls were named Fawn. It was #764 in rank then. The baby name has seen a substantial drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Within all girl names in its family, Fawn was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Fawn include the English Fawnah, the English Fan, the Frisian and German Fenne, the English Fani, the English Fanni, the English Fannie, the English and French Fanny, the English Fauna, the English Fawna, the Turkish Fehime, the Yoruban Femi, the English Femie, the name Fenya, the Russian Fima, the English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Irish Fina, the English Phemie, the German Fabiane, the French Fabienne, the Arabic Fahima, and the Italian Fania. KEY: Pronunciation for Fawn: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
