Fallon
Where Fallon comes from
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).
- 2 syllables
Along the way
- 1981First appearance#715 among girls, 232 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1981Mostly girls from hereUntil now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
- 1982Peak, #376611 babies named Fallon — more than any year before or since.
- 1983Fallon Bowman bornCanadian rock musician
- 1987The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #714.
- 1994Fallon Sherrock bornEnglish darts player
In the dictionary
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
- Fallon Sherrock · English darts player, born 1994
- Fallon Bowman · Canadian rock musician, born 1983
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.