Deidre - Meaning of Deidre

What does Deidre mean?

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Deidre

[ 2 syll. dei-dre, de-id-re ] The baby girl name Deidre is pronounced as DIH-RDRiy- or DIY-DRiy- †. Deidre is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Celtic origins. Deidre is a variant transcription of the name Deirdre (English, Gaelic, and Irish).

See also the related categories, english and celtic.

Deidre is rare as a baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1970, 0.028% of baby girls were given the name Deidre. It had a ranking of #436 then. The baby name has suffered a marked fall in popularity since then, and is now of very modest use. Out of all girl names in its family, Deidre was nonetheless the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Deidre include Dara, Darach, Dari, Daria, Darie, Daroo, Darragh, Darrah, Daru, Darya, Dearie, Dedra, Deidra, Deirdra, Deirdre, Deor, Deora, Deòiridh, Deree, and Derey.

† Pronunciation for Deidre: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"