Names that mean deer
8 first names whose etymology includes “deer” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Tabitha. For boys: Oscar, Ray, Reed, Ossian.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | boys | Irish | “deer”, “friend” | #8 (2025) |
| Ray | boys | French | “king”, “roe deer” | #602 (2025) |
| Tabitha | girls | Aramaic | “doe”, “roe” | #306 (2025) |
| Reed | boys | “to clear out”, “roe deer” | #2,440 (2025) | |
| Darby | either | Norse | “deer”, “settlement” | #3,035 (2025) |
| Raleigh | either | English | “roe deer”, “woodland” | #4,810 (2016) |
| Ossian | boys | Irish | “deer” | #3,256 (2025) |
| Hershel | boys | Yiddish | “deer”, “buck” | #5,137 (2025) |