Given name & surname
Dawes
“the son of David”
Dawes is a variant of Dawson. One English interpretation is “the son of David.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dawes is a variant of Dawson. One English interpretation is “the son of David.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dawes is a variant of Dawson. An origin associated with Dawson is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Dawes as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to David.
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
Dawes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 31 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,221 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.
Dawes’s family of names
In English usage, Dawes as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to David. Dawes has a related form in Dawson.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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