Derya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Derya by the numbers

Derya was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Derya

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 Derya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Daryawealthy, possessor of riches12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deeyalamp; light; a form of Diya7 in the US (2017)
  • Derynbird5 in the US (2017)
  • Demya21 in the US (2017)
  • Deya11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Derya

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

Names about as common as Derya

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