Given name
Dejanira
“one of remembrance”
Dejanira is a variant of Deja. One French interpretation is “one of remembrance.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dejanira is a variant of Deja. One French interpretation is “one of remembrance.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dejanira is a variant of Deja. An origin associated with Deja is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dejanira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 0 boys · 100 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 36 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 10 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 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.
Dejanira’s family of names
Dejanira has a related form in Deja.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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