Deirdre

Seems someone is obsessed with inventing "to cause sorrow" as the meaning for this gorgeous name, so very musical and beautiful you must be jealous. It is pronounced Deer- (like a doe) drah and is so beautiful and it most certainly does not mean "wanderer or sorrowful" it means wise girl in Gaelic. Sorrowful and wanderer came from the folktale connotation and are both linguistically inaccurate.

My name's Deirdre, and I'm half-Irish living in Ireland for most of my life. It is speculated that the name means "sorrow", but only because it's associated with the Legend. No one actually knows the true meaning of it. I love my name because it is a pure Celtic name. Although most people misspell it. :)

Derdriu is a very old spelling on the name Deirdre.

Deirdre means "she who causes sorrow and pain" in Gaelic.

Means "sorrow" or "dear little wanderer".

Deirdre is also known as 'Deirdre Of The Sorrows'.

I was able to locate a professor at a Valdosta State University who speaks Gaelic fluently and has studied the orgin of Gaelic words for over 10 years. According to her and her academic contacts and sources, the meaning of the name is no mystery at all. It means Mysterious and Sorrowful. I also cross-checked the name in a number of origin books on the subject and found them to be correct.