Given name & surname
Kamon
“resembling an alligator”
Kamon is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling an alligator.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling an alligator.”
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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kamon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 334
- 334 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,957 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,957 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020; 158 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.
Kamon’s family of names
Kamon has a related form in Kaman. Kamon has a related form in Kayman. Kamon has a related form in Kamin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kamon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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