Entry № 2379 · Greek origin

Deianira Deianira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ day-ah-NEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Man-destroyer (Heracles's last wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "man-destroyer (heracles's last wife)".

Deianira is a name of Greek origin, meaning man-destroyer (heracles's last wife).

Man-destroyer. The unwitting poisoner of Heracles.

The name in its native script.

Δηϊάνειρα
Transliteration
Dēïáneira
Pronunciation
/ ˌdeɪ.əˈniː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Deianira stands.

Deianira does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Deianiras before her.

Real people
Deianira
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Deianira
Heroine of Sophocles' Trachiniae.
5th c. BCE play

Names connected to Deianira.

The number behind Deianira.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Deianira reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.