Given name
Diedre
“a brokenhearted or raging woman”
Diedre is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Original IrishDeirdre
Meaning & origin
What it means
Diedre 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diedre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,795
- 0 boys · 1,795 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 88 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 88 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,469 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.
Diedre’s family of names
In English usage, Diedre has a related form in Deirdre. In English usage, Diedre was borrowed from the Irish form Deirdre. Diedre has a related form in Deidre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Diedre
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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