Given name & surname
Didi
“a brokenhearted or raging woman”
Didi is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Didi is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Didi is a variant of Diane. The history of Diane gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Diane is associated with the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Didi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 192
- 0 boys · 192 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 19 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 girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 710 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.
Didi’s family of names
Didi has a related form in Diane. Didi has a related form in Deidre. In Greek usage, Didi as a surname is a transliteration of Δίδη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Didi
- Didi ConnAmerican actress (born 1951)
- Didi GregoriusCuraçaoan-Dutch baseball player (born 1990)
- Didi KempotIndonesian singer-songwriter1966–2020
- Didi BenamiAmerican singerborn 1986
- Didi Petetactor (1956-2015)
- DiDi HaračićBosnian association football playerborn 1992
- Didi HoltermannNorwegian actor (1895-1975)
- Didi WagnerBrazilian television presenterborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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