Fawn
FAWN
English/French
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Young deer; Fawn
- Origin
- English/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Fawn does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Young deer; Fawn", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Fawn.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1970s (0.007% of births), currently steady
- Spiritual meaning
- Fawn is the soul thirsting for God — the young deer that runs toward the living water with desperate longing.
- Verses on this meaning
- Psalm 42:1
"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
- Song of Solomon 2:9
"My beloved is like a roe or a young hart."
- Psalm 42:1