Given name
Deontaye
“an outgoing man”
Deontaye is a variant of Deonte. One French interpretation is “an outgoing man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deontaye is a variant of Deonte. One French interpretation is “an outgoing man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deontaye is a variant of Deonte. An origin associated with Deonte is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deontaye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 157 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 14 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 boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 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.
Deontaye’s family of names
Deontaye has a related form in Deonte.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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