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The boy's name Dean \

is pronounced deen. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "valley; church official". Place name, or occupational name signifying a church official or the head of a school. The name also means "law" in Hebrew. Actors Dean Cain; Dean Martin; American Secretaries of State Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk.

Dean has 5 variant forms: Deane, Deen, Dene, Deyn and Dino.

Baby names that sound like Dean are Dan, Deon, Den and Doan.

Dean is a very common first name for men (#173 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#236 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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