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[ 1 syll. faw(n), fa-wn ] The girl name Fawn is pronounced FAON †. 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 name Faan, the name Fahn, the name Faun, the English Fauna, the name Faunia, the English Fawna, the English Fawnah, the name Fawne, the name Fawnia, and the English 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 name Faun, the English Fawnah, the name Fawne, the name Faan, the name Fahn, the name Faine, the English Fan, the name Fayne, the name Fen, the Frisian and German Fenne, the name Fin, the name Finn, the Russian Faina, the name Fainne, the English Fani, the English Fanni, the English Fannie, the English and French Fanny, the name Fanya, and the English Fauna.
† Pronunciation for Fawn: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
