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Dervla - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dervla

[ syll. der-vla, de-rv-la ] The girl name Dervla is pronounced D-ERVLah KEY. Dervla's language of origin is Irish Gaelic. It is predominantly used in English and Irish. The name Dervla means 'poet's daughter'. Forms of Dervla include Dearbhla (Irish) and Deirbhile (Irish).

Dervla is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Dervla include Dearbhla (Irish), Deirbhile (Irish), and Diorbhail (Scottish).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Dervla: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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