Given name · also Portuguese
Ceylon
Ceylon is a masculine given name from Portuguese, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Original Sanskritसिंहल
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ceylon comes from Portuguese, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Ceylon developed from सिंहल.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ceylon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86
- 86 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ceylon’s family of names
In English usage, Ceylon developed from सिंहल.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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