Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Deena 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Deena 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
Deena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,671
- 5 boys · 13,666 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 593 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,009 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,009 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 593 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,237 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Deena
- Deena KastorAmerican long distance runner and marathonerborn 1973
- Deena DeardurffAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coachborn 1957
- Deena MohamedEgyptian graphic designer and authorborn 1995
- Deena MetzgerAmerican feminist writerborn 1936
- Deena M. MistriPakistani educator1924–2011
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Deena, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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