Deia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies

Deia by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Deia.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Deia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
  • Dejaalready seen, from déjà vu105 in the US (2017)
  • Denajudged; a form of Dinah or Dean42 in the US (2017)
  • Deagoddess13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Devadivine being, god or goddess7 in the US (2017)
  • Dia9 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Deia

Names that are said the same way as Deia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Deeyalamp; light; a form of Diya7 in the US (2017)
  • Deya11 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Deia

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