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Dean (given name)

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Dean is a male given name, sometimes used as a middle name.

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  • A name originated from the Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of (10) others", and Latin word "decanum", which means "chief of a group of (10)".
  • The name "Dean" also means "valley" in the Old English language, and "law" in Hebrew.
  • "Dean" or also spelled "Deen" means "religion" or "the way of life" in Arabic.

    • People with the given name

  • Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer
  • Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
  • Dean Caliguire (born 1967), American football player
  • Dean Callaway, Australian rugby league football player
  • Dean Cameron, (born 1962) American actor, musician, comedian
  • Dean Chance, American baseball player
  • Dean Cokinos, American football coach
  • Dean Delannoit, Belgian pop singer
  • Dean Fertita, American rock musician
  • Dean Forester, character on the show Gilmore Girls
  • Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor
  • Dean Griffiths, Jamaican hurdler
  • Dean Kamen, Inventory of Segway PT and founder of FIRST
  • Dean Kashiwagi, professor and creator of the Kashiwagi Solution Model
  • Dean Koontz, American author
  • Dean Kremer (born 1996), Israeli-American baseball pitcher
  • Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
  • Dean Malenko (born 1960), American professional wrestler
  • Dean Martin (1917–1995), American entertainer
  • Dean McAdams (1917–1996), American football player
  • Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
  • Dean Moriarty, character in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road and recurring character on the show Wizards of Waverly Place
  • Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
  • Dean Obeidallah, American comedian
  • Dean Palmer, American baseball player
  • Dean Philpott (born 1935), American football player
  • Dean Rusk (1909–1994), U.S. Secretary of State
  • Dean Schofield (born 1979), English rugby union player
  • Dean Smith (1931-2015), American basketball coach
  • Dean Thomas, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
  • Dean Torrence (born 1940), American musician and part of the rock n' roll duo Jan and Dean
  • Dean Venture, character on the show The Venture Bros.
  • Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Dean Wareham, New Zealand-American musician
  • Dean Ween, American guitarist of the alternative rock group Ween
  • Dean Whare (born 1990), New Zealand Rugby League player
  • Dean Winchester, character on the show Supernatural
  • Dean Winters (born 1964), American actor
  • Dean Zelinsky, American guitar luthier

    • People with the middle name

  • Richard Dean Anderson, an American actor
  • James Dean Bradfield, the lead singer of the band Manic Street Preachers
  • Alan Dean Foster, a science fiction writer
  • William Dean Howells, American writer
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan, an American actor
  • Greg Dean Schmitz, an on-line film journalist
  • Harry Dean Stanton, an American actor
  • Jeffrey Dean Isbell, known as Izzy Stradlin, American Guitarist

    • References

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