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What does Dean mean?
Dean 
as a boys' name is pronounced deen. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Dean 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.
STARTS WITH De-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, valley, occupational, law (just)
Variations
VARIANTS Deane, Deen, Dene, Deyn, Dino▼
SEE ALSO Dane
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dean Jericho (D.J.), ..
How popular is Dean?
Dean is a very prominent first name for males (#173 out of 1220, Top 14%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#250 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dean reached its peak position of #88 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, and is currently at #173. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Dean (#173 IN 2018) rated in the Top 2000 are Dane (#756), Deane and Dino. These relations of Dean reached the top of their popularity 6 decades ago (MEDIAN #611) and are somewhat less popular today (#1232, 43% LESS USAGE).
Similar Names
Dean is alike in pronunciation to Dain, Daine, Dan▼, Dann, Dayne, Deion▼, Deon, Deonn, Dewain, Dewayne▼, Dewonn, Dewuan, Deyon, Doan, Don▼, Donne, Dowan, Duane▼, Duayne, Dunn, Dunne, Duwain, Dwaine, Dwane and Dwayne▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aman, Ban, Bran, Daelan, Dag, Dagan, Dal, Daman, Dana▼, Dani, Deakin, Deante, Deavon, Declan▲, Dekwan, Delano▼, Delany, Dell▼, Demyan, Denny▼, Dequan▼, Destan, Devan▼, Dex, Dray, Eban, Euan, Evan, Fegan, Frean, Gyan, Ian▲, Ilan, Iman, Jean▼, Jeran, Jevan, Kean, Kegan, Kelan, Kenan, Kevan, Kian▲, Nevan, Regan, Ryan▼, Sean▼, Twan, Van and Zan. These names tend to be less commonly used than Dean.
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