Deacon

Where Deacon comes from

* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."
— Wiktionary's entry for Deacon
  • English
Along the way
  1. 1938
    Deacon Jones born
    American football player
  2. 1941
    Deacon John Moore born
    American musician, singer and bandleader
  3. 1971
    First appearance
    #2,464 among boys, 15 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2014
    Peak, #420
    734 babies named Deacon — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Deacon Jones · American football player, 1938–2013
  • Deacon John Moore · American musician, singer and bandleader, born 1941
  • Deacon White · American baseball player and manager, 1847–1939
  • Deacon Manu · New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach, born 1979
  • Deacon Jones · American athletics competitor, 1934–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.