At a Glance
- 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
dih-FY-ənsIPA /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.
Lists That Include Defiance
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Sandusky · Wooster · Traverse · Tiffin · Normal · Ashland
