Fun Facts About the Name Deyanira
- More than 1 thousand babies named Deyanira: U.S. records list 1,956 babies given the name Deyanira from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Deyanira Mean?
Deyanira is a Spanish form of the Greek name Deianeira (Δηϊάνειρα), traditionally explained as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband." The Greek name is usually analyzed as a compound of dēios (δηΐος), "hostile" or "destructive," and anēr (ἀνήρ), "man," with the second element understood in this context as "husband." The first element is sometimes rendered more loosely as "destructive," so the exact shade of meaning in the compound is not certain; "man-destroyer" is the conventional English gloss. The mythic story in which Deianeira unintentionally causes Heracles' death is often treated as a symbolic illustration of the name, but that is an interpretation of the story rather than a separate etymology.
Deyanira Name History & Origins
The name is known from Greek myth: Deianeira was a daughter of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea, and the wife of Heracles. In the best-known account, the centaur Nessus, dying after Heracles shot him, gave Deianeira a bloodstained tunic and told her it would keep Heracles faithful. When she later sent the tunic to Heracles, the poison in the blood - from the Hydra's venom on Heracles' arrow - burned him, and Deianeira killed herself after learning what she had done. This famous mythological use is not evidence that the name was created by the story.
Greek Deianeira appears in Latin as Deianira. In Spanish the name is written Deyanira, with y standing in for the Latin i between vowels; it is used in Spain and Latin America. Portuguese has the related form Dejanira. The English spelling Deyanira generally follows the Spanish form, while the Greek and Latin forms remain familiar from classical and literary contexts.
How Popular is the Name Deyanira?
Deyanira recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1993. Its best rank was #938 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,647 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #11,324 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,450 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #11,471 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,126 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,099 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #9,927 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #12,830 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #13,071 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #8,520 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #6,295 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #5,843 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #7,138 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #5,956 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,020 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2010 | #5,148 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #3,815 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2008 | #3,600 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #3,260 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #3,424 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #2,641 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2004 | #2,684 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #3,245 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2002 | #2,832 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #2,819 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #3,227 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,262 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #2,016 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 1997 | #2,942 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #2,289 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 1995 | #1,654 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 1994 | #1,598 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 1993 | #938 | 201 | 0.0111% |
| 1992 | #2,357 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 1991 | #2,997 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1990 | #2,352 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 1989 | #3,192 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #3,325 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1987 | #3,274 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #3,575 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1985 | #4,175 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #3,637 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #2,927 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1982 | #3,106 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1981 | #2,864 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #3,535 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1979 | #3,467 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #5,290 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #2,927 | 27 | 0.0018% |
| 1976 | #2,746 | 28 | 0.0019% |
| 1975 | #3,305 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1974 | #5,446 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #3,376 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1972 | #3,430 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1971 | #3,991 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1970 | #6,515 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #6,113 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #6,433 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #5,970 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #5,610 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #6,814 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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