Given name & surname
Padon
“redemption”·“upgrade”
Padon is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewפדון
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Padon means “redemption” or “upgrade.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Padon is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb pada (פדה), “to upgrade the operating standard.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Padon appears in Ezra 2:44, Nehemiah 7:47.
- Ezra 2:44
- Nehemiah 7:47
From biblical name research
Padon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 5 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 354 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.
Padon’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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