Dawn

[VictoriaOKeefe]

what are the thoughts and feelings people have here on the name Dawn for a girl?

Hiya :) I don’t see anything wrong with naming your daughter Dawn, I have an auntie named Dawn and a friend named Dawn, some may say it’s old fashioned or “not common” but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Some people didn’t like the name I chose for my first, or the name I have chosen for my second, but it didn’t stop me and many people loved both name choices. At the end of the day it’s your decision, don’t pick a name you aren’t keen on just to make other people approve, saying that.. I still don’t think there is anything wrong with the name Dawn :)

I like Dawn. It's not the most popular name but it's not dated.

My initial reaction was that i don't like it, but i think that's only because i was at school with a Dawn who wasn't very nice! The more i think about it the more it strikes me as being quite pretty! And it's sooooo refreshing from all the Olivias and Isobels!!

I feel like it's a name I ought to like more than I really do. One of my best friends is a Dawn, and so it does have positive associations for me, and I like the meaning. Plus it's short, easy to spell and pronounce, and there won't be hundreds of them around.

I just... don't really like it. Sorry.

I had a friend called Dawn at school. The phrase 'up the crack of Dawn' gave the boys hours of amusement. So, for that reason alone, it's a no from me.

It's quite 70s/80s. The meaning is nice.

It's a lovely name

It reminds me of the character in Buffy who was boring so ended up being called Yawn. Also 'up at the crack of Dawn', which in our house has morphed into 'up at Dawn's crack. Dawn must be livid'.
But that's just me and my weird family. I think it's a perfectly lovely name, we just associate it with those things. If you like it, use it!

I like it as a middle name.

I think it's lovely. Not common and very pretty. There's one in my family and 'crack of dawn' never crossed my mind.

I want to love it as the meaning is gorgeous, but it conjures up images of someone boring, frumpy and a bit dim for some reason. I know that's totally U

Agree with PPs: it should be lovely but somehow it's just lumpen and drab.

Makes me think of Gavin and Stacey and instant reaction was that I didn't like it, but then when I think about it it's really quite pretty and has a lovely meaning so unsure why my first reaction was negative!

Same here Emma

"Hows's my little Dawny"

Like others, I feel like I should like it, but I don't. I think the reason for the mixed feelings is that it describes something beautiful, the sun rising, but it's not a very attractive sound and rhymes with dull or unpleasant words like yawn, spawn, fawn. But I wouldn't feel the same about e.g. Seán... odd.

I think of it being someone in their 50s

Dawn Fraser. One of Australia's greatest swimmers, and also a prolific racist.

It's a no from me.

Also, agree that it fits in with Barbara, Margaret et al.

It's not offensive but to me it's a bit dull and very dated.

Buffy for me. It's not my favourite but it's inoffensive.

Not for me, I think it sounds really dull and a bit drippy. The meaning is nice but it doesn't sound good.

Sorry, I'm another who thinks it's dull and dated. It's my sister's middle name and she was born in the late 50s.

My initial reaction was the same as the above posters. But it is a good name, maybe time for a new generation of Dawn's to reclaim it. I think I would feel differently about a little girl caked Dawn - sweet, than a grown woman called Dawn - a bit mean.

I think it's fine.
the crack of dawn comments might be a PITA.
You could use Alba, Aurora or Oriana if it's the meaning you like.

Not sure. I think it was probably lovely and unusual when first used a few decades ago, but it now just seems dated to me.

Working class 1960s name. Will have to wait a few decades to be fashionably retro like Elsie etc.