Given name & surname

Deneen

Deneen is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Deneen is a variant of Dinah. An origin associated with Dinah is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Deneen is a variant of Dinah. The history of Dinah gives this family its wider story. Dinah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Deneen through the years

Babies since 1880
3,610
7 boys · 3,603 girls
Most popular year
1964
1,611 babies
2025
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Deneen in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1947–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,604 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,078 as a first name in 2020; 1,225 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.

Deneen’s family of names

Deneen has a related form in Dinah.

Walk Deneen’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

If you love Deneen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical

Denna

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>99% girls

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Debbra

“bee”

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Devra

“bee”

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>99% girls

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Debb

“bee”

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>99% girls

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Dena

“from the valley; a church official”

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>99% girls

Biblical

Debor

“bee”

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>99% girls

Biblical

Debbie

“bee”

24RareRising

>99% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Debbora

“bee”

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Deneen’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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