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Gender Feminine
Usage Irish
Pronounced Pron. DYEHR-ə-vyə-lyə

Meaning & History

Means "daughter of a poet" from Old Irish der "daughter" and fili "poet" (genitive filed). This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint, also called Dervla.