Deniz

A unisex name of Turkish origin, meaning sea.

Babies a year
35
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#896
35 babies

Deniz by the numbers

In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Deniz. In the US, 84 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 56 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Denifollower of dionysus; form of dennis or denise11 in the US (2017)
  • Danisgod is my judge; a form of Daniel11 in the US (2017)
  • Denysfollower of dionysus; a form of denis9 in the US (2017)
  • Daniea form of Daniel; God is my judge6 in the US (2017)
  • Denym52 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the sea

Like Deniz, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
  • Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
  • Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Deniz

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