Denver - Meaning of Denver

What does Denver mean?

[ 2 syll. den-ver, de-nv-er ] The baby boy name Denver is also used as a girl name, but the use for boys is much more common. Its pronunciation is DEHNV-er †. Denver is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. The name's meaning is valley ferry; Dane ford. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself of the Old English elements 'denu' and 'ferian' (meaning to carry, to transport), or else 'Dene' and 'faer' (ford, crossing). Denver is also the capital city of the state of Colorado in the USA, which was named after the politician James W. Denver (1817-1892).

Den, Denvar, Denvir, Denvor, Denvur, and Denvyr are variants of Denver.

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Denver is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2010s. At the modest height of its usage in 2018, 0.019% of baby boys were given the name Denver. It ranked at #677 then. Within all boy names in its group, Denver was the most commonly used in 2018. In the past century Denver has mostly been a baby boy name.

Baby names that sound like Denver include Denvor, Danveer, Denvir, Denvyr, Dunbar, Dunbarr, Decimbar, Decimber, Denvur, and Denvar.

† Pronunciation for Denver: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"



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