Given name
Derward
“a guardian of the deer”
Derward is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a guardian of the deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a guardian of the deer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derward through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 110 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 11 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 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1921.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Derward’s family of names
Derward has a related form in Durward. Derward has a related form in Deerward. Derward has a related form in Deerwerd.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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