Given name & surname

Dero

DeRo is a given name.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In English usage, Dero is a short form of Roman. In English usage, Dero is a short form of DENIZ.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dero through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1924
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19240.0
Dero in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1924–2025, per million boys 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 boys is 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 100 as a surname in 2010.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dero’s family of names

In English usage, Dero is a short form of Roman. In English usage, Dero is a short form of DENIZ.

Walk Dero’s family in the name graph

DeroRomanDeniz

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

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

French · Nature

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Delton

“from the town in the valley”

20RareEasing

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Domenick

“a lord”

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Latin · Old-fashioned

Delano

“from”

25RareSteady

>99% boys

 

Elson

“from the nobleman's town”

22RareSteady

>99% boys

English · Old-fashioned

Elroy

“a red-haired young man” · “a king”

23RareSteady

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Elwyn

“a friend of the elves”

21RareRising fast

81% boys · 19% girls

Sibling ideas

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