Etymology

Deirdre

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Today it means: The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Full definition →

Irish Deirdre ← Old Irish Derdriu
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromDerdriu
  2. Irish · borrowed fromDeirdre
  3. English todayDeirdre

From Irish Deirdre, from Old Irish Derdriu.

Words from the same roots

IrishDeirdre all →

diedre

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.