Deirdre Forename
14,310th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 67,505 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland
Deirdre Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the heroine of ‘The Sons of Usnach’, one of the Three Sorrowful Tales of Erinn, the subject of many plays and poems by modern Irish poets. The etymology of the name is doubtful. It was not known to Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols.
Read More About This ForenameDeirdre Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 26,176 | 1:13,850 | 1,315 |
| Ireland | 100% | 16,806 | 1:276 | 52 |
| England | 100% | 7,927 | 1:7,014 | 641 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,907 | 1:376 | 89 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,777 | 1:19,637 | 2,748 |
| Australia | - | 2,283 | 1:5,982 | 726 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,790 | 1:18,510 | 1,730 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,092 | 1:4,900 | 481 |
| New Zealand | - | 789 | 1:5,749 | 759 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 691 | 1:24,460 | 2,177 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Wales | 100% | 284 | 1:10,895 | 847 |
| Germany | 100% | 183 | 1:528,294 | 5,448 |
| France | 100% | 126 | 1:527,542 | 5,535 |
| Belgium | 100% | 104 | 1:110,481 | 3,621 |
| Philippines | 97% | 83 | 1:1,277,223 | 32,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 78 | 1:197,741 | 11,926 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Thailand | 100% | 74 | 1:946,835 | 35,394 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 58 | 1:524,999 | 22,622 |
| Brazil | 100% | 57 | 1:3,758,529 | 64,556 |
| Qatar | 100% | 54 | 1:43,882 | 5,785 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 51 | 1:161,049 | 4,126 |
| Jamaica | - | 46 | 1:62,679 | 3,250 |
| Spain | 100% | 38 | 1:1,224,473 | 9,456 |
| Mexico | 100% | 35 | 1:3,546,984 | 16,455 |
| Barbados | - | 32 | 1:9,056 | 1,021 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 31 | 1:43,917 | 4,089 |
| Jersey | 100% | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Sweden | 100% | 29 | 1:339,928 | 9,942 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| India | 84% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Italy | 100% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| Ecuador | - | 23 | 1:770,736 | 6,723 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Hungary | - | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Austria | 100% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Norway | 100% | 17 | 1:301,902 | 6,548 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 17 | 1:1,776,582 | 32,368 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| China | - | 12 | 1:113,837,982 | 65,289 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:3,125 | 680 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Peru | 75% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Deirdré (607), Déirdre (15), Deirdrè (4), Deïrdré (1) & Déirdré (1) are calculated separately.
Deirdre Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the heroine of ‘The Sons of Usnach’, one of the Three Sorrowful Tales of Erinn, the subject of many plays and poems by modern Irish poets. The etymology of the name is doubtful. It was not known to Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 and its use as a christian name is quite recent, dating from the ‘Celtic Revival’ (Yeats’s Deirdre 1907, Synge’s Deirdre of the Sorrows 1910).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Erse name, meaning: Sorrow.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Deirdre Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 1 (1901)
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