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Dean
Pronounced /diːn/
Rank in 2024
#17,087
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1932 · #759
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:2,545 in 2024 (#142)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5 girls were named Dean, about 1 in every 322,638.
- It peaked in 1932 with 79 babies, ranked #759.
- It first shows up in the records in 1884.
- 2,908 girls have been named Dean since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dean per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 791 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 974 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 618 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 297 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 82 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 46 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context: As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”). Also as an English surname, from the noun dean. Cognate to Deacon. Also as an English surname, from the personal name Deyne, a rhyming form of Reynald (see Reginald). As an Irish surname, variant of Deane. As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley. Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”) Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)
- A surname transferred from the given name
- (countable) A male given name
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- A male given name originating as an occupation derived from the title.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /diːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dean, CC BY-SA 4.0.