Given name & surname
Condon
“a dark, wise man”
Condon is used as a given name and a surname. One Celtic interpretation is “a dark, wise man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “a dark, wise man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Condon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 6 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 6 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,559 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.
Condon’s family of names
Condon has a related form in Condan. Condon has a related form in Conden. Condon has a related form in Condin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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