Origin of the name Dawn:
Derived from dawn, which is from the Middle English dauninge (daybreak, dawn).
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I knew lots of Dawns growing up in the UK- born in the early 60's.
Seems like they are all named Dawn Marie, definately the 60's- Nicknames for Dawn: | Edit
Ding Dawn, Dawnovan, Dawnie, DeeDee
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Dawn Wells, American actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island"
Dawn Lyn (born Dawn Lyn Nervik), American child actress who played Dodie on "My Three Sons"
Dawn French, English comedian
Dawn Frasier, Australian Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Dawn Steele, first woman to run a major movie studio
Dawn Robinson, lead singer of En Vogue- Dawn in song, story & screen: | Edit
"Delta Dawn," song by Tanya Tucker
"Dawn," song by Frankie Valli
Dawn Summers, character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film and TV series
Dawn Schafer from the Baby-Sitters Club book series
Dawn Wiener, protagonist of the 1994 film "Welcome to the Dollhouse"
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