Deirdre (given name)
Deirdre is a feminine given name of Celtic origin and of unknown meaning. Deirdre is the name of a tragic heroine of Irish mythology. More attention was drawn to the name during the early 20th Century in Ireland and throughout the Anglosphere after W. B. Yeats published his poem Deirdre in 1907 and playwright J.M. Synge published his play Deirdre of the Sorrows in 1910. There are a number of spelling variants and pronunciations of the name in use.
Deirdre and Naoise, an illustration from A Book of Myths by Helen Stratton. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪərdrə/ DEER-drə Irish: [ˈdʲɛɾˠdʲɾʲə] |
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| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Celtic languages |
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| Related names | Deidra, Deidre, Deitra, Derdriu |
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