Deirdre


Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
59 famous people named Deirdre found on Wikipedia.
16735 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 7812-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 333-th in year 1961
Used in: English, Irish, Mythology

Meanings

Deirdre (Irish pronunciation: [ˈdʲɛɾˠdʲɾʲə]; Old Irish: Derdriu /ˈderʲðrʲĭŭ/) is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish legend and probably its best-known figure in modern times. She is known by the epithet "Deirdre of the Sorrows" (Irish: Deirdre an Bhróin). Her story is part of the Ulster Cycle, the best-known stories of pre-Christian Ireland.

Gaelic origin, means: broken hearted, sorrowful, fear, raging woman.

Famous People: 59 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Deirdre Lovejoy 1962 American actress
2 Deirdre Barlow
3 Deirdre Heroine in Irish mythology
4 Deirdre McCloskey 1942 American professor
5 Deirdre Bolton 1964 American broadcast journalist woman reporter and correspondent business news and commentator
6 Deirdre O'Kane 1970 Irish actor and comedian
7 Deirdre Imus 1964 American writer
8 Deirdre Shannon 1970 Irish language singer
9 Deirdre Quinn 1970 American actress
10 Deirdre Mullins Irish actress
11 Deirdre Barrett American psychologist
12 Deirdre O'Connell 1939 Irish American actress, singer, and theatre director
13 Deirdre Lenihan 1946 American actress
14 Deirdre Bair 1935 American biographer
15 Deirdre Gogarty 1969 Irish boxer
16 Deirdre Clune 1959 Irish politician
17 Deirdre Wilson 1941 British academic
18 Deirdre Donnelly Irish actress
19 Deirdre Cartwright 1958 British musician
20 Deirdre Davis Actress
21 Deirdre Griswold American politician
22 Deirdre Madden 1960 British Irish writer
23 Deirdre Purcell 1945 Irish writer
24 Deirdre English 1948 American journalist
25 Deirdre Hutton 1949 British civil servant
26 Deirdre Grusovin 1938 Australian politician
27 Deirdre Connelly 1961
28 Déirdre de Búrca 1963 Irish politician
29 Deirdre Heenan
30 Deirdre Le Faye
31 Deirdre Macnab 1955 President of the League of Women Voters of Florida
32 Deirdre Gribbin 1967 Northern Irish composer
33 Deirdre Ryan 1982 Irish high jumper
34 Deirdre Curtin 1960 Irish legal scholar
35 Deirdre Clancy 1943 British costume designer
36 Deirdre Flint 1967 American musician
37 Deirdre Hyde 1953 British painter
38 Deirdre Hine 1937 Welsh public health physician and administrator
39 Deirdre McNamer Writer
40 Deirdre Hughes Camogie player
41 Criena Rohan 1925 Australian novelist
42 Deirdre Codd 1986 Camogie player
43 Deirdre Jordan 1926 Australian academic
44 Deirdre Heddon
45 Deirdre Bolger 1938 Irish politician
46 Deirdre Lorenz 2000 American actor and film producer
47 Deirdre Murphy 1959 American bicycle racer
48 Deirdre Sutton
49 Deirdre Gallagher 1974 Athletics competitor
50 Deirdre Breakenridge 1966
51 Deirdre M. Daly
52 Deirdre Byrne 1982 Irish female distance runner
53 Deirdre Algie 1950 Badminton player
54 Deirdre Delaney American actress
55 Deirdre Pattison 1976
56 Deirdre Sheehan 1957
57 Deirdre Watkinson 1941 British sprinter and middle-distance runner
58 Deirdre Costello Camogie player
59 Deirdre Caruana