Given name & surname

Savon

Savon is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Savon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Savon through the years

Babies since 1880
1,792
1,726 boys · 66 girls
Most popular year
1993
194 babies
2025
26
#4,119 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−5%
Steady
Boys Girls
025507510020002025Highest share 1994Boys 15Girls 0.0
Savon in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,119 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 179 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,414 as a first name in 2020; 206 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.

Savon’s family of names

In Greek usage, Savon as a surname is a transliteration of Σαβόν.

Walk Savon’s family in the name graph

SavonΣαβόν

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Savon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic · Modern

Saddam

“a powerful ruler; the crusher”

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Savion

“resembling the yellow weed”

39RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Faison

Faison is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Trevon

“from the fair town”

40UncommonSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Sarek

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jaaron

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Rackwon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Dishon

Dishon is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Savon’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Savon

A sister for Savon