as a Last Name
- 2,337
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dearth
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname from Middle English derth ‘famine’ (of uncertain application) or de(e)th ‘death’, Old English dē aÐ. The latter name would have been acquired by someone who had played the part of the personified figure of Death in a pageant or play, or else one who was habitually gloomy or sickly, and the insertion of the letter -r- may have been a deliberate attempt to dissociate the name from death.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,337
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Ohio
- has the most people named Dearth per capita
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