Given name & surname
Deran
“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Deran is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deran is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deran is a variant of Darren. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 169
- 169 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,988 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,988 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 140 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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Dillan
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83% boys · 17% girls