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Deer baby names and what they mean, with 21 results. Usage of these boy names was at its highest during 1880-1889 (USAGE OF 0.67%) and is now significantly reduced (USAGE 0.17%, 74.1%), with names like Hershel going out of style. Back (TOP 3%) and Buyck (41%) are common last names. Here is the list of Deer names for girls.

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Buck - Shenandoah | Wapiti

Buck - Shenandoah

Buck

Buck
.. male goat or deer, used as .. Popular as last names. Compare Buck (TOP 1%) with common -uck last names Huck (TOP 4%), Bauck (55%). [Bucky, Buckie, .. 2 more]

Buckley
Derived fr. Old English language. "Deer meadow." Buckley was not among 2018's Top names. See also Buckey. Place name ..

Buckminister
Stems fr. Old English element. "Monastery where deer dwell." Not in popularity charts. Place name ..

Darby

Darby
Root fr. Irish, Old English. "Park with deer." Somewhat infrequently used as a boys' name, Darby is used more frequently as a surname. A place name .. [Derby, .. 2 more]

Darton
Root fr. Old English. "Settlement of the deer." Rare as a birth name, but Darton is similar to the more conventional Dayton. See also Parton. Place name.

Dearborn
Derived fr. Old English word. "Brook of the deer." Outside Top 2000. Place name. [Deerborn, .. 2 more]

Derby
Derivative of Old English. "Park with deer." Compare last names Deroy (UPPER 22%), Derry (5%). Place name .. [Derbie, Derbey]

Derland
Stems fr. Old English element. "Land with deer." Not in Top 2000. [Durland]

Devin

Devin
May also possibly mean "young deer" .. Adoption of Devin, Devynn, etc. as baby names in 2018 was 3.2% less than the year before. [Devynn, Devon, Dev, .. 2 more]

Hershel

Hershel
From Yiddish. "Deer." Less popular today. Herschel was the variation last listed (1990) in the Top 2000. From Hirsh .. [Hirsh, Hirsch, Heshel, Herzl, Heshi, Hersh, Hersch, .. 8 more]

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Deer names: Buck, Darby, Devin, Hershel, Oscar

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Deer names: Raleigh, Rayburn, Renwick, Roe, Roscoe

Lockhart
Possibly "deer from the forest". Lockhart is rarely used as a children's name.

Oscar

Oscar
.. cara, meaning friend of the deer .. Common, with usage of 0.122% for Oscar, Ozzy, etc. as birth names in 2018, but lower than 0.123% the previous year. [Ozzy, Ossie, Osker, Oskar]

Raleigh

Raleigh
Root fr. Old English. "Roe deer's meadow." Raleigh (TOP 5%), Rawleigh (34%) and Rawley (14%) occur regularly as surnames. Use is probably homage to Sir .. [Rawly, Rawley, Ralegh, .. 1 more]

Rayburn

Rayburn
Stems fr. Old English. "Roe deer brook." Raybourne and forms were popular in the 1930s. Painter Henry Raeburn. [Rayburne, Raebourn, Raeborn, .. 4 more]

Renton
Based on Old English. "Settlement of the roe deer." Reston is a somewhat common birth name. See also Rexton. Place name.

Renwick

Renwick
Stems fr. Old English element. "Roe deer village; raven village." Adoption of Renwick was higher during 1960-1969. See also Fenwick. Place name.

Roe

Roe
Based on Middle English word. "Roe deer." Roe (TOP 1%), Rowe (1%) and Row (8%) exist commonly as last names. .. a hunter or trapper of deers. [Rowe, .. 1 more]

Roscoe

Roscoe
Stems fr. Old Norse, Old German. "Deer wood." Used widely as birth names, Roscoe, Rosco, etc. are similar to the popular Rocco. Place name from northern England .. [Rosscoe, Ross, .. 1 more]

Rowell
Based on Old English element. "Roe deer well." Roell and Rooell are creative variations. See also Howell. Place name.

Shenandoah
.. to an Iroquois word for "deer" .. Outside Top 2000.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of Deer names [and variants] for boys.

1. Buck - Shenandoah
Buck [Bucky, Buckie, Buckey, Buckley], Buckley, Buckminister, Darby [Derby, Darbie, Darbey], Darton, Dearborn [Deerborn, Dearburne, Dearbourn], Derby [Derbie, Derbey], Derland [Durland], Devin [Dev, Devon, Devyn, Devynn, Devinn], Hershel [Herzl, Hirsh, Hirsch, Heshel, Herzel, Hirschl, Heschel, Hirschel, ..], Lockhart, Oscar [Ozzy, Ossie, Osker, Oskar], Raleigh [Rawly, Rawley, Ralegh, Rawleigh], Rayburn [Rayborn, Raeburn, Raeborn, Rayburne, Raebourn, Raeborne, Raybourne], Renton, Renwick, Roe [Row, Rowe], Roscoe [Ross, Rosco, Rosscoe], Rowell, Shenandoah


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