Deyanira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-yah-NEE-ra
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Deyanira is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “destroyer of men”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Deyanira mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Deianira
“destroyer of men”
In Greek myth Deianira was the wife of Heracles, who unknowingly caused his death with a poisoned robe.
Is Deyanira a girl's or a boy's name?
Deyanira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deyanira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Deyanira, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 201 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Deyanira than any year since 1968.
Half of all the girls named Deyanira in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deyanira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,010 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,647 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,589 |
| 1993 | 201 | #937 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Deyanira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Anika, Aisha, Kira, Aviva, Anya, Isha, Dhara, Asha, Dayana, Nika, Priya
Names related to Deyanira
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, “Deyanira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deyanira, updated 20 October 2026.