Denae
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Denae by the numbers
Denae was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 80 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Denae
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 Denae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Danaeparched, dry; mythological figure in Greek tradition85 in the US (2017)
- Denajudged; a form of Dinah or Dean42 in the US (2017)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Denisefollower of Dionysus; feminine form of Denis215 in the US (2017)
- Denalithe great one; Mount Denali86 in the US (2017)
- Denizsea35 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Denae
Names that are said the same way as Denae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Denae
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