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Deontray
How to Pronounce Deontray
Pronounced dee-ON-tray /diˈɑn.treɪ/Medium
Meaning: Deontray is a coined boys' name from late-twentieth-century African American naming. It joins the productive De- opening (as in Deonte, Deshawn) with a soft -ontray ending, prized for its sound rather than a fixed literal meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Deontray is a coined boys' name that turns up in United States records from the early 1980s. It has no inherited etymology; it reads as the familiar De- prefix paired with an -ontray ending, a hallmark of inventive African American naming in that period.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its mid-1990s high. A boy named Deontray then is in his thirties now, part of a generation that favored fresh, self-made names.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Deontray mean?
It is a modern coinage from the De- prefix and an -ontray ending; it has no single fixed meaning.
How do you pronounce Deontray?
It's said dee-ON-tray /diˈɑn.treɪ/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Deontray a boy or girl name?
Deontray is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Deontray?
Deontray is a rare name for boys in the U.S., a modern invented choice.