Given name & surname
Vashon
“The Lord is gracious”
Vashon is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “The Lord is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vashon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 836
- 767 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,758 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,758 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 96 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 651 as a first name in 2020; 189 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.
Vashon’s family of names
Vashon has a related form in Vashawn. Vashon has a related form in Vashaun. Vashon has a related form in Vashan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vashawnvariant
- Vashaunvariant
- Vashonevariant
- Vasshonlikely variant
- Vashonnlikely variant
- Vashaynevariant
- Vashaynvariant
- Vashanevariant
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