Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Deandra 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 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Deandra is a variant of Diane. The history of Diane gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Diane is associated with the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Deandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,784
- 857 boys · 4,927 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 255 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,218 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 19% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,218 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 228 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,577 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deandra’s family of names
Deandra has a related form in Diane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Deandra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Deandra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Deeandra
>99% girls
Deondra
“of the sacred spring”
23% boys · 77% girls
Deeana
>99% girls
Demitra
>99% girls
Mitra
“a heavenly messenger; an angel”
>99% girls
Tarah
“hill”
>99% girls
Terah
“resembling a wild goat”
3% boys · 97% girls
Dinae
>99% girls