Deacon
Greek
"messenger, servant"Deacon Origin and Meaning
The name Deacon is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "messenger, servant".
This name was transposed from the word for a church officer to a baby name when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe chose it for their son, after a baseball player ancestor, and Don Johnson followed suit. Its popularity also got a boost from Nashville character Deacon Claybourne -- only to fall a bit in recent years.
# 508 in the US
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Famous People Named Deacon
- James Thomas "Deacon" McGuireAmerican baseball player
- David D. "Deacon" JonesAmerican NFL football player
- Carroll Elmer "Deacon" JonesAmerican baseball pitcher
- James Laurie "Deacon" WhiteAmerican baseball player
- Deacon John MooreAmerican R&B musician
- Deacon Tehanakore ManuNew Zealand,born Fijian rugby union player
- Deacon Reese Phillippeson of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
- Deacon Freyson of musician Glenn Frey of The Eagles
- Deacon Johnson (b. 2006)son of American actor Don Johnson
- John Richard Deaconbassist of Queen
Deacon in Pop Culture
- Deacon Claybournecharacter on TV's "Nashville"
- Deacon Slempsadist in Nathanael West's "A Cool Million" (1934)
- Deacon "Deke" Kayecharacter in the movie "S.W.A.T."
- Deacon Frostcharacter in Marvel Comics
- Deaconcharacter in video game, Fallout 4
- Deacon BlueScottish rock band
- Deacon Hatchercharacter in book series "The Program"
- "Deacon Blues" song by Steely Dan on their 1977 album "Aja"
- Deaconvampire in Taika Waititi's film, "What We Do in the Shadows"
- Deacon Palmercharacter on TV's "King of Queens"
- Deacon Logancharacter from the Bill & Ted movies