Dawn (name)

Dawn

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

Dawn is a feminine given name. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. It is also used as a comparatively rare surname.

It is sometimes used as a name for Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn.

People

• Dawn Best (born 1981), American comic book artist
• Dawn Birley (born 1977), Canadian taekwondo practitioner and actress
• Dawn Black (born 1943), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• Dawn Brancheau (1969-2010), SeaWorld trainer killed by Tilikum, the orca in 2010.
• Dawn Butler (born 1969), British Labour Member of Parliament for Brent Central
• Dawn Burrell (born 1973), American long jumper
• Dawn Cavanagh, South African women's rights activist
• Dawn Dawson, American jetski racer and commentator
• Dawn Ellerbe (born 1974), American hammer thrower
• Dawn Evelyn Paris (1918–1993), Oscar-nominated American actress
• Dawn Fitzpatrick, American investment and financial officer
• Dawn Fraser (born 1937), Australian champion swimmer
• Dawn French (born 1957), British comedian
• Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), Canadian singer/songwriter and painter
• Dawn Lake (1927-2006), Australian entertainer
• Dawn Lott, African-American mathematician
• Dawn Marie (born 1970), American former professional wrestler and former WWE Diva
• Dawn Mello (1931–2020), American fashion retail executive
• Dawn Moncrieffe (born 1968), Canadian athlete
• 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 Rasmussen, retired athlete and sports administrator from Samoa
• 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 (born 1971), radio personality heard on 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
• Dawn Wells (born 1938), American actress

  Dawn Burnor (born 1947), American mother

Fictional characters

• Dawn (Pokémon), female protagonist of the games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
• Dawn Bellwether, assistant mayor and main antagonist of Zootopia
• Dawn Green, the second victim of the serial killer on True Blood
• Dawn Schafer, a character in The Baby-sitters Club and California Diaries
• Dawn Summers, a character in the popular television and comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Dawn Swann, a character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Dawn Tinsley, the receptionist in the British situation comedy The Office
• Dawn Wiener, the main character in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse
• Dawn Woods, a character in the popular ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Prairie Dawn, a muppet character in Sesame Street
• Dawn, a character from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
• Dawn Star, a character from the action role-playing video game Jade Empire

Surname

• Adria Dawn, American actor, writer and producer
• Dolly Dawn (born Theresa Stabile, 1916–2002), American singer
• Elizabeth Dawn (born Sylvia Butterfield, 1939–2017), British actress
• Jeff Dawn, American makeup artist
• Julie Dawn (born Juliana Mostosi, 1920–2000), English singer
• Marva Dawn (born 1948), Christian theologian, author, musician and educator
• Pieretta Dawn (born 1994), English-writing Thai author

Spacecraft

• Dawn (spacecraft), which is exploring 4 Vesta and later Ceres in the Asteroid belt.

External links

• Genealogy of the Surname Dawn.
• Genealogy sources for the Surname Dawn.