Given name & surname
Deren
“a birdlike woman”·“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Deren is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Deren 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
Deren is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Deren 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
Deren is a variant of Deryn. An origin associated with Deryn is Welsh. Deren 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 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 236
- 236 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 13 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 565 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.
Deren’s family of names
Deren has a related form in Darren. Deren has a related form in Deryn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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