Deena

Where Deena comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Deena.

  • Vowel-ended
Deena through the years
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,935 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Deena Deardurff born
    American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coach
  3. 1970
    Peak, #396
    593 babies named Deena, the most in any year.
  4. 1973
    Deena Kastor born
    American long distance runner and marathoner
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #588.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Deena Kastor · American long distance runner and marathoner, born 1973
  • Deena Deardurff · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coach, born 1957
  • Deena Mohamed · Egyptian graphic designer and author, born 1995
  • Deena Metzger · American feminist writer, born 1936
  • Deena M. Mistri · Pakistani educator, 1924–2011

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.