Meaning and history
Deryn is a modern Welsh given name taken from aderyn, the Welsh word for “bird,” with the initial vowel omitted in the personal-name form. It is used for more than one gender, though often for girls. The name belongs to a broader Welsh tradition of nature vocabulary in personal names. A notable bearer is Welsh poet and academic Deryn Rees-Jones. Similar-looking names in other languages may have unrelated origins, so the Welsh meaning is context-dependent.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 11 births, rank #10,129
2008: 8 births, rank #12,579
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
20102010: 10 births, rank #10,451
2011: 7 births, rank #13,347
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 10 births, rank #10,129
20152015: 5 births, rank #16,419
2016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 5 births, rank #15,902
2018: 5 births, rank #15,682
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 8 births, rank #11,090
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
20242024: 6 births, rank #13,477
In 2024, 6 babies were recorded with the name Deryn, ranking #13,477 among girls.