Given name
Dayshaun
“The Lord is gracious”
Dayshaun is a variant of Daeshawna. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dayshaun is a variant of Daeshawna. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dayshaun is a variant of Daeshawna. An origin associated with Daeshawna is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dayshaun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 375
- 375 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 54 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 295 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.
Dayshaun’s family of names
Dayshaun has a related form in Daeshawna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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