Given name

Daffne

Daffne is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Daffne isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Daffne through the years

Babies since 1880
52
0 boys · 52 girls
Most popular year
2007
30 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
051015202025Highest share 20070.0
Daffne in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 2007.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Daffne’s family of names

Daffne may belong to the same name family as Dafne. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Daffne’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Daffne, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Davany

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Dannay

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>99% girls

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Danyra

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>99% girls

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Dezaraye

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>99% girls

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Dayamir

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Aislynne

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Klayre

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dashira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Daffne’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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