Given name & surname
Freemon
“one who is free”
Freemon is a variant of Freeman. One English interpretation is “one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Freemon is a variant of Freeman. One English interpretation is “one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Freemon is a variant of Freeman. An origin associated with Freeman is English.
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.
From dated birth records
Freemon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 285 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 16 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 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 744 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.
Freemon’s family of names
Freemon has a related form in Freeman. In English usage, Freemon as a surname has an alternative spelling in Freeman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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