Deianira
Deianira is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Deianira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deianira is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Deianira
American parents first put Deianira on the record books as a baby girl name in 1995, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 12 Deianiras were born — ranking #7,041 that year. About 67% of every Deianira on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Deianira last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deianira
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About the name Deianira
Deianira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Deianira's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #7,041. Use the chart and map above to compare Deianira'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.