Given name
Deyanira
“one who is capable of great destruction”
Deyanira is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is capable of great destruction.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is capable of great destruction.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deyanira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,957
- 0 boys · 1,957 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 201 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,647 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,647 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 201 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,788 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.
Deyanira’s family of names
Deyanira has a related form in Deja. Deyanira has a related form in Dellanira. Deyanira has a related form in Dayanira.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Deyanira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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