Given name
Deryn
“a birdlike woman”
Deryn is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deryn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 234
- 33 boys · 201 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 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.
Deryn’s family of names
Deryn has a related form in Darren. Deryn has a related form in Deron. Deryn has a related form in Derron.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Darrenvariant
- Deronvariant
- Derronvariant
- Derrinvariant
- Derenvariant
- Derranvariant
- Derynnlikely variant
- Derynnevariant
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