Lavonne
LaVonne is a name, mostly used as a feminine name in the United States, though variants like Lavon and LaVaughn are used more broadly. American First Lady Michelle Obama's middle name is LaVaughn; it was her paternal grandmother's first name. Other notable bearers of the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lavonne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
LaVonne is a name, mostly used as a feminine name in the United States, though variants like Lavon and LaVaughn are used more broadly. American First Lady Michelle Obama's middle name is LaVaughn; it was her paternal grandmother's first name. Other notable bearers of the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lavonne
Lavonne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1900, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1935, when 487 Lavonnes were born — ranking #274 that year. As of 2026, Lavonne ranks #10,472 for baby girls with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 16K Lavonnes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lavonne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lavonne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Lavonne
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- Lavonne J. Adams , American poet
- La Vaughn Belle (born 1974), Caribbean-American artist
- LaVonne Bergstrom (1928–2001), American otolaryngologist
- A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff (born 1930), American writer
- LaVonne Griffin-Valade (born 1950s), American politician
- LaVonne Idlette (born 1985), American athlete
- LaVaughn Macon (born 1987), American football player
- LaVonna Martin (born 1966), American athlete
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Names that sound like Lavonne
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About the name Lavonne
Lavonne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Lavonne's peak popularity came in 1935 when it ranked #274. Use the chart and map above to compare Lavonne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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