Given name
Dierdra
“a brokenhearted or raging woman”
Dierdra is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dierdra 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
Dierdra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 214
- 0 boys · 214 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 17 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 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 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.
Dierdra’s family of names
Dierdra has a related form in Deidre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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