Deacon

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Deacon, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Bishop
• Colton
• Fletcher
• Clayton
• Gibson
• Cooper
• Booker
• Cohen
• Kaiden
• Foster
• Corbin
• Callahan

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Deacon is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Deacón, Deácon

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Deacon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Greek: servant, messenger

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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Theodosius the Deaconb. 1000Byzantine poet
• Richard Deaconb. 1921USAmerican actor (1921–1984)
• Richard Deaconb. 1949GBBritish artist (born 1949)
• Brian Deaconb. 1949GBBritish actor
• Terrence Deaconb. 1950USAmerican anthropologist
• Eric Deaconb. 1950GBBritish actor
• John Deaconb. 1951GBBritish musician, bassist and songwriter (born 1951)
• Louis Deaconb. 1980GBEnglish rugby union footballer
• Dan Deaconb. 1981USAmerican musician
• Adam Deaconb. 1983GBBritish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Deacon mean, and where does it come from?

from OE diacon, dēacon, ME deakne, OFr, ME diacne 'deacon'; first attested Richard le Diakne 1212 Cur (Suffolk) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

How do you pronounce Deacon?

In English /ˈdiːkən/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Deacon have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 3.3 thousand people named Deacon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled deacon.

Where is Deacon most common?

Deacon is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 100 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Deacon?

In the United States, the national register counted 3,322 people named Deacon in 2010, about 1 in 100 thousand residents.