Given name
Deianira
“hostile to her husband”
Deianira is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deianira goes back to Ancient Greek Δῃᾰ́νειρα, meaning “hostile to her husband.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃᾰ́νειρα (“hostile to her husband”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Deianira is associated with the wife of Heracles.
Deianira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 12 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 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1995.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deianira’s family of names
Deianira has a related form in Deiancara. Deianira has a related form in Deianeera. Deianira has a related form in Deianeira.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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