Daenerys: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “invented fantasy name”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- duh-NAIR-iss · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Created by George R. R. Martin for A Song of Ice and Fire. It has no verified traditional historical etymology outside the fictional setting.
How popular is Daenerys?
Babies named Daenerys in 2024136
2024 rank#1,564 girls
Peak year2018
Total US babies since 18801,361
Daenerys is rising: use over the last five years is 3.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Daenerys
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
- Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
- Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
- Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
- Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
- Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
- Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
- Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown
Daenerys questions
What does the name Daenerys mean?
Daenerys means "invented fantasy name". It comes from Unknown. Created by George R. R. Martin for A Song of Ice and Fire. It has no verified traditional historical etymology outside the fictional setting.
Is Daenerys a boy or girl name?
Daenerys is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Daenerys?
136 US babies were named Daenerys in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.
How do you pronounce Daenerys?
Daenerys is usually pronounced duh-NAIR-iss.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.