Given name
Shaylon
“of admirable character”·“from the fairy palace”·“an admirable man”
Shaylon is a variant of Shea. Interpretations include “of admirable character”, “from the fairy palace”, “an admirable man”, and “from the fairy fortress”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shaylon is a variant of Shea. Interpretations include “of admirable character”, “from the fairy palace”, “an admirable man”, and “from the fairy fortress”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shaylon is a variant of Shea. An origin associated with Shea is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaylon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 87 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 18 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 325 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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