Dieu
Dieu is a long religious epic by Victor Hugo, parts of which were written between 1855 and 1862. It was left unfinished, and published after his death.
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Meaning & Origin of Dieu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dieu is a long religious epic by Victor Hugo, parts of which were written between 1855 and 1862. It was left unfinished, and published after his death.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Dieu
The earliest SSA record of Dieu as a baby girl name dates back to 1986, when 5 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Dieu — #10,271 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Dieu on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dieu last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Dieu
Dieu is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Dieu's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #10,271. Use the chart and map above to compare Dieu'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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