Given name

Deannah

Deannah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Deannah 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 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deannah through the years

Babies since 1880
107
0 boys · 107 girls
Most popular year
1998
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Deannah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1965–2025, 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 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 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.

Deannah’s family of names

Deannah may belong to the same name family as DEANAH. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Deannah’s family in the name graph

DeannahDeannaDeanah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: 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.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

Deshauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Daijana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sardinian · Modern

Deiana

“fairy”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Deirra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dilana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dykeria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Hebrew · Modern

Kerena

“horn of eye-paint”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dashia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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