Dierdre - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Dierdre \di(e)-rd-re, dier-dre\ is a variant of Deirdre (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Dierdre is "broken-hearted, sorrowful".

The baby name Dierdre sounds like Derdre and Deirdra. Other similar baby names are Diedre, Diandre, Diedrey, Diedra, Deidre and Deedre.

Dierdre is a somewhat common first name for women (#3731 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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