Dayanira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dah-yah-NEE-rah
- Origin
- Greek
Dayanira is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “man-destroying”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dayanira mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Deianira, wife of Heracles in Greek myth
“man-destroying”
A Spanish form of Deianira, the wife of Heracles in Greek myth, whose name is usually explained as man-destroyer.
Is Dayanira a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayanira is a girls' name.
How popular is Dayanira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Dayanira in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayanira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
Names like Dayanira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhara, Sasha, Prisha, Radhika, Anika, Divisha, Isha, Nika, Kridha, Akshara, Ishika, Priya
Names related to Dayanira
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dayanira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayanira, updated 20 October 2026.