Deodat

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Deodat is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name172 records spelled Deodat2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Déodat

• Portuguese given name28 records spelled Deodat2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Déodat

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Deodat is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Origine latine, forme primitive de Déodat, « Dieu donne ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Deodat del Monteb. 1582BEFlemish painter (1582-1644)
• Deodat Nersesowiczb. 1647UARoman Catholic archbishop
• Deodat Rogerb. 1726DE(1726-1821)
• Déodat Gratet de Dolomieub. 1750FRFrench geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)
• Deodat de Severacb. 1872FRFrench composer (1872 – 1921)
• Déodat Rochéb. 1877FRFrench historian
• Deodat Lawsonbritish-American minister

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 26 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Deodat?

We estimate roughly 852 people bear Deodat (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Deodat have the most bearers?

We estimate about 615 people bear Deodat in Guyana, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled deodat.

Where is Deodat most common?

Deodat is densest in Guyana, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Deodat compared with other names?

In Guyana, Deodat is the 89th most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Deodat a male or female name?

Deodat is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Deodat mean?

Recorded meaning: French given name from Latin Deodatus, “given by God”; cited as the oc-dialect equivalent of Dieudonné.