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Comments for DEJA:
This is a sentence fragment, not a name. That is to say, in French language, "de ja" is an incomplete thought, and would not make sense as a proper name to a French speaker.-- Monsieur_Lapin 7/7/2005
My name is Deja and I think that it is a very pretty name. Until now I have never seen my name anywhere and I'm glad people know how pretty this name is.-- Deja 11/18/2005
Déjà is a word, not a name. It's like naming your child "already".-- lillinparadise 12/17/2006
Actually, it IS a name and a popular one at that, mind you. That's like saying Ruby isn't a name, it's a jewel. Nonsense.-- Anonymous User 3/25/2007
You can't compare Déjà and Ruby! Déjà is just a random foreign word used as a name, whereas it's not a name in its original country. Would you name you daughter 'already'? I knew a Madness once, but that doesn't mean it's a name.-- lillinparadise 9/16/2007
In response to lillinparadise, not all people know what 'de ja' means, and by the time they find out what it means their child is already named. Oh and yes, I would name my child Already.-- Anonymous User 10/13/2007
I don't especially like this name. For me, it's like naming a child "Nevaeh" or something of the like. Why take a name from the French for "already" when there are so many other great names out there?-- Anonymous User 4/29/2007
This is our last name. Four generations ago a French family emigrated to Poland where the surname apparently thrived because we run into other Polish Dejas occasionally. In Polish the "j" is pronounced like a "y", but most teachers and people in the U.S. who read our name out loud before asking how to pronounce it aspirate the "j" like an "h" for a Spanish word spelled the same way which (we have been told) means the command "go away"!-- dejanet 5/17/2007
In Lithuanian the word "Deja" means "unfortunately".-- monie 6/23/2007
In Spanish, "Deja" is a conjugated form of the verb "dejar," meaning "to leave." It is the form used when talking about a single third person or when formally addressing someone. Although I believe the Spanish pronunciation is not "DEja," but "deJA."-- CkLmJ_CrAzY 8/8/2007
The people who use this name clearly don't have a clue what it means, and they seem to prefer names that sound like tacky pseudonyms for bad r'n'b singers or hip hoppers rather than names that have maturity and class. A ridiculous name.-- slight night shiver 4/21/2008
This is how my name is pronounced, but it's spelled d-a-i-j-a-h. I like this name because it's unique, but it took a while to grow on me.-- daijah92 5/27/2008
I think this name is silly. Aren't you basically naming your kid "already"?-- bananarama 7/14/2008
What a random choice for a name, although it admittedly has an alright sound to it. I think I've heard of a Dejané before, but that's probably related to Dejan.
Deja is also Slavic, meaning "to do something, to act".-- not_another_Jessica 12/29/2008
Dejah Thoris was a character in some early 20th-century science fiction novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author of Tarzan. She was a princess of Mars, described as a beautiful, coppery-skinned young woman who wore no clothing except for strategically placed jewels. She is a favorite subject of comic book artists who draw busty, scantily clad sci fi vixens. I'd guess that some of the girls named Deja or Dejah were named after the character Dejah Thoris.-- Anonymous User 6/3/2009
I'm French. I have never met a French person with this name, thank goodness!
Since moving to America, I have a feeling that someone grabbed a French book and picked out a random word from it without bothering to understand the meaning. It also screams ghetto to me.
Honestly, parents, THINK for a moment - names are important.-- Anonymous User 10/5/2009
This is my name, and my father literally named me after the sensation of deja vu. (He constantly had it while my mother was pregnant with me) I am white middle class, and aware of what my name means. Am I happy that I sound like an unconjugated verb to other language speakers? No. I've grown to love my name, minus the deja vu jokes, I've had very little issues with it. (Besides the fact everyone assumes I'm African American).-- Vivix 11/20/2009
I went to high school with a girl named Deja. (And I took French for 4 years, so yes I know what "Deja vu" means.) Honestly, I thought it was a really cool name.-- erb816 9/12/2010
Why would parents want to give their daughters a name that means "already"? It sounds like the parents are saying, "been there, done that", like their daughters are just routine.-- gaelruadh19 1/12/2012
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