Given name & surname
Dede
“a brokenhearted or raging woman”
Dede is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dede is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dede 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
Dede through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,613
- 0 boys · 1,613 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 113 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,718 as a first name in 2020; 696 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dede’s family of names
Dede has a related form in Diane. Dede has a related form in Deidre. In Greek usage, Dede as a surname is a transliteration of Δέδε.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dede
- Dede GardnerAmerican film producerborn 1967
- Dede AllenAmerican film editor (1923-2010)
- Dede OetomoIndonesian LGBT rights activistborn 1953
- Dede KoswaraIndonesian carpenter (1971–2016)
- Dede YusufIndonesian actor and politicianborn 1966
- DeDe LindAmerican glamour model (1947–2020)
- Dede CamaraGuinean swimmerborn 1991
- Dede DolopeiLiberian civil servantborn 2000
- Dede SulaimanIndonesian footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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