Given name

Deia

Deia is a feminine given name from Portuguese. It is used in Portuguese.

Original PortugueseAndreia

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Deia comes from Portuguese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Portuguese usage, Deia is a diminutive of Andreia.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deia through the years

Babies since 1880
101
0 boys · 101 girls
Most popular year
2025
15 babies
2025
15
#7,218 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02.557.510198020002025Highest share 20259.3
Deia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1968–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,218 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 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.

Deia’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Deia is a diminutive of Andreia.

Walk Deia’s family in the name graph

DeiaAndreia

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

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