Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Waymon 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 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Waymon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,746
- 4,746 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 95 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,910 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,910 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 95 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,914 as a first name in 2020; 285 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.
Waymon’s family of names
Waymon may belong to the same name family as WAYMONN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Waymon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Arlon
>99% boys
Alton
“from the old town”
>99% boys
Aldon
“an old friend” · “from the old town”
>99% boys
Harlon
“an athletic woman” · “from the army”
>99% boys
Lavon
“a white-haired or whiteskinned man” · “a spirited man”
>99% boys
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Delton
“from the town in the valley”
>99% boys
Arlan
“a solemn, binding promise”
>99% boys