Given name
Paymon
“pact, promise, commitment”
Paymon is a masculine given name, possibly from Classical Persian and perhaps meaning “pact, promise, commitment.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Paymon possibly means “pact, promise, commitment.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Paymon possibly comes from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Classical Persian پیمان (paymān, “pact, promise, commitment”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paymon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 10 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 10 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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