Didier is a boy's name of French origin meaning “desire, longing.” In 2024 it was given to 24 boys in the United States.
Didier at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
French
Meaning
“desire, longing”
About the name Didier
Didier belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “desire, longing” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Didier first appears in Social Security records in 1960. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2492 in 2009, and in 2024 24 babies received the name — 996 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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