Given name & surname
Magon
“one who is competent”
Magon is a variant of Magan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Magon is a variant of Magan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Magon is a variant of Magan. An origin associated with Magan is Anglo-Saxon.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 179
- 0 boys · 179 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 22 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 girls is 9 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 144 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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