Given name & surname
Andon
Andon is a surname from Galician. It is used in English and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,046
- 1,046 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 203 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 203 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,120 as a first name in 2020; 713 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andon’s family of names
In German usage, Andon has a conventional equivalent in the Bulgarian form Андон. In Macedonian usage, Andon is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Андон. In Bulgarian usage, Andon is a transliteration of Андон.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andon has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Galician roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andon
- Andon NikolovBulgarian weightlifterborn 1951
- Andon Dončevskiassociation football playerborn 1939
- Andon BeçaAlbanian politician (1879–1944)
- Andon DimitrovBulgarian revolutionary1867–1933
- Andon KyosetoRevolutionary (1855–1953)
- Andon KalchevBulgarian army officer (1910–1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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