Given name
Dymphna
“fawn”
Dymphna connects to the Damhnait name family through Dympna. One Irish interpretation is “fawn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dymphna connects to the Damhnait name family through Dympna. One Irish interpretation is “fawn.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dymphna connects to the Damhnait name family through Dympna. An origin associated with Damhnait is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dymphna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 11 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 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.
Dymphna’s family of names
Dymphna has a related form in Dympna. Dymphna has a related form in Dympna. Dymphna is an English adaptation of Damhnait.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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