Roe
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning deer; roe deer.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Roe by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Roe. In the US, 20 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 25 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Roe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Roe
Names that are said the same way as Roe, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a deer
Like Roe, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oscardeer lover; God's spear2,798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)