Denver

English or French place-name and surname
"green valley or from Anvers"

Denver Origin and Meaning

The name Denver is a girl's name of French, English origin meaning "green valley or from Anvers".

Yet another creative character name from Toni Morrison, Denver was a daughter of Sethe's in the novel Beloved. Today Denver is most familiar as the name of the largest city in Colorado, used almost equally for girls and boys.

# 780 in the US

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Famous People Named Denver

  • Denver Monroe Haddon (b. 2014)
    daughter of Deitrick Haddon

Denver in Pop Culture

  • Denver
    character in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
  • Denver Reynolds
    main character in "The Lifeboat Clique"
  • Denver
    character in "The Weirdness"
  • Denver
    capital city of Colorado, USA