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English
Etymology
From dawn.
Proper noun
Dawn
- A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
- 1958, MurielSpark, The Go-away Bird: With Other Stories, Macmillan 1958, page 20 ("The Black Madonna"):
- "Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name."
- "What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet."
- 1964 Bob Gaudio - Sandy Linzer, Dawn (a song):
- Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.
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