Dawn (name)

Dawn

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Old English
Meaning	the first appearance of light, daybreak

Dawn is a female given name. It is of Old English origin, and it's meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. It is also used a comparatively rare surname. It also was named after a few places, politics, dolls, a spacecraft, and after a couple of novels.

People with the given name Dawn

• Dawn Black (born 1943), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• Dawn Butler (born 1969), Labour Member of Parliament for Brent South
• Dawn Burrell (born 1973), American long jumper
• Dawn DeFeo (1956-1974), sister and victim of murderer Ronald DeFeo, Jr., whose crimes inspired The Amityville Horror book and movies
• Dawn Ellerbe (born 1974), American hammer thrower
• Dawn Evelyn Paris (1918-1993), Oscar-nominated American actress
• Dawn Fraser (born 1937), Australian champion swimmer
• Dawn French (born 1957), British comedian
• Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), Canadian singer/songwriter and painter
• Dawn Penn (born 1952), Jamaican singer
• Dawn Porter (born 1979), British television presenter
• Dawn Powell (1896-1965), American writer of satirical novels
• Dawn Primarolo (born 1954), British Member of Parliament for Bristol South
• Dawn Angelique Richard (born 1983), member of the musical girl group Danity Kane
• Dawn Robinson (born 1968), former lead singer of supergroup En Vogue and Lucy Pearl
• Dawn Rossi-Key (born 1971), radio personality heard on the The Rob Arnie and Dawn Show
• Dawn Silva (born 1954), American funk vocalist
• Dawn Staley (born 1970), US-American basketball player and coach
• Dawn Steel (1946-1997), first woman to run a major Hollywood film studio

People with the (Surname) Dawn

• Elizabeth Dawn (born 1939), British actress
• Marva Dawn (born 1948), Christian theologian, author, musician and educator