Dean is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “valley.” In 2024 it was given to 2,545 boys in the United States.
Dean belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “valley” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dean first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #78 in 1967, and in 2024 2,545 babies received the name — 190,040 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Dean means “valley” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Dean is a boy name. In 2024, 2,545 babies received the name in the US.
Dean comes from the Biblical & Christian, English & American and Greek tradition.
Dean first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #78 in 1967, and 2,545 babies were given the name in 2024.
Dean is pronounced /diːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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