Given name & surname
Dragon
“resembling the fire-breathing creature”
Dragon is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling the fire-breathing creature.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling the fire-breathing creature.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dragon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 154
- 154 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 24 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 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020; 2,322 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.
Dragon’s family of names
Dragon has a related form in Dragan. Dragon has a related form in Dragen. Dragon has a related form in Dragin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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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