Given name & surname
Deon
“of the sacred spring”
Deon is a variant of Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deon is a variant of Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Deon is a variant of Diane. The history of Diane gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Diane is associated with the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Deon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,988
- 15,318 boys · 1,670 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 471 babies
- 2025
- 133
- #1,383 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 99% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 133 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,383 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 456 in 1994. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,858 as a first name in 2020; 785 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.
Deon’s family of names
Deon has a related form in Diane. Deon has a related form in Dion. Deon has a related form in Dionne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Deon
- Deon HemmingsJamaïcan 400 metres hurdlerborn 1968
- Deon Burtonassociation football player (born 1976)
- Deon McCaulayBelizean footballerborn 1987
- Deon HottoNamibian footballerborn 1991
- Deon MeyerSouth African crime and thriller authorborn 1958
- Deon LendoreTrinidad and Tobago sprinter1992–2022
- Deon RichmondAmerican actorborn 1978
- Deon ThompsonAmerican basketball playerborn 1988
- Deon ColeAmerican comedian, actor, and screenwriterborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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