At a Glance: Name: Defiance – Meaning: bold resistance or challenge – Origin: Old French – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: dih-FY-əns
Defiance is an Old French unisex name meaning “bold resistance or challenge”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Defiance
Meaning: Bold resistance or challenge.
Origin: Old French.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Defiance
Phonetic: dih-FY-əns IPA: /dɪˈfaɪəns/
Popularity of Defiance
Defiance doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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