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DA   m   Chinese
Means "attain, achieve" in Chinese.

DAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of DANIËL

DACIANA   f   Romanian
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region which is now Romania and Moldova.

DACRE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria, of British origin meaning "trickling stream".

DADA   f   Yoruba
Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.

DAEDALUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Δαιδαλος (Daidalos) which meant "cunning" or "curiously wrought"... [more]

DAFFODIL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".

DAFNE   f   Italian
Italian form of DAPHNE

DAFYDD   m   Welsh
Welsh form of DAVID... [more]

DAG   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".

DAGAN   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of DAGON

DAGDA   m   Irish Mythology
Means "good god" in Celtic... [more]

DAGFINN   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "person from Finland".

DAGMAR   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DAGNEY   f   Various
Variant of DAGNY

DAGNIJA   f   Latvian
Latvian form of DAGNY

DAGNY   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and "new".

DAGNÝ   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of DAGNY

DAGON   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Ugaritic dgn meaning "grain"... [more]

DAGRUN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Dagrún, which was derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and rún "secret lore".

DAHLIA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

DAI   m   Welsh
Derived from the old Celtic word dei meaning "to shine"... [more]

DÀIBHIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of DAVID

DAICHI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" combined with 地 (chi) "earth, land" or 智 (chi) "wisdom, intellect".

DAIKI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" combined with 輝 (ki) "radiance", 樹 (ki) "tree" or 貴 (ki) "valuable, noble".

DAINA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian
Means "song" in Lithuanian and Latvian.

DÁIRE   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

DÁIRÍNE   f   Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".

DAISUKE   m   Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" and 輔 (suke) "help".

DAISY   f   English
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye"... [more]

DAITHÍ   m   Irish
Possibly means "swift" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

DAIVIDH   m   Scottish (Rare)
Gaelic variant of DAVID

DAKARAI   m   Southern African
Means "rejoice" in Shona.

DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [more]

DALAL   f   Arabic
Means "coquettishness" in Arabic.

DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.

DALEY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]

DALIA (1)   f   Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Spanish form of DAHLIA... [more]

DALIA (2)   f   Lithuanian, Mythology
Means "fate, luck" in Lithuanian... [more]

DALIA (3)   f   Hebrew
Means "branch" in Hebrew.

DALIBOR   m   Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic elements dal meaning "far away" and borit meaning "to fight".

DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]

DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]

DALY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.

DALYA   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of DALIA (3)

DAMARIS   f   Biblical, Biblical Greek
Means "calf" in Greek... [more]

DAMAYANTI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "subduing" in Sanskrit... [more]

DAMHNAIT   f   Irish
Means "fawn" from Gaelic damh "stag, ox" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DAMHNÁN   m   Irish
Means "fawn" from Gaelic damh "stag, ox" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DAMIAN   m   English, Polish
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]

DAMIANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of DAMIAN

DAMIANOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of DAMIAN

DAMIANUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of DAMIANOS

DAMIEN   m   French
French form of DAMIAN

DAMIJAN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMIJANA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN

DAMJAN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMOCLES   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Δαμοκλης (Damokles), which was derived from δαμος (damos) "the people" (a Doric Greek variant of δημος (demos)) and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]

DAMODAR   m   Indian
Modern transcription of DAMODARA

DAMODARA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "rope around the belly", derived from Sanskrit दाम (dama) "rope" and उदर (udara) "belly"... [more]

DAMON   m   Greek Mythology, English
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]

DAMYAN   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DAMIAN

DAN (1)   m   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "he judged" in Hebrew... [more]

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian, Czech
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (1)   f   Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)

DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]

DANA (3)   f   Bulgarian
Short form of BOGDANA or YORDANA

DANAË   f   Greek Mythology
From Δαναοι (Danaoi), a word used by Homer to designate the Greeks... [more]

DANAIL   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DANIEL

DAND   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of ANDREW

DANE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of DEAN.

DANEL   m   Basque
Basque form of DANIEL

DANETTE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL

DANI (1)   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE

DANI (2)   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of DÁNIEL

DANIA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of DANIELA

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, English
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star"... [more]

DÁNIEL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of DANIEL

DANIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of DANIEL

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELE   m   Italian
Italian form of DANIEL

DANIELIUS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of DANIEL

DANIELLA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]

DANIHEL   m   Biblical Latin
Form of DANIEL used in the Latin Bible.

DANIIL   m   Russian
Russian form of DANIEL

DANIILU   m   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of DANIEL

DANIJEL   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANIJELA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIKA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DANICA

DANILO   m   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANITA   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL

DANIYYEL   m   Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of DANIEL

DANNI   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE

DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DANTE   m   Italian
Medieval short form of DURANTE... [more]

DĂNUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of DAN (2)

DANUTA   f   Polish
Polish form of DANUTĖ

DANUTĖ   f   Lithuanian
Meaning uncertain... [more]

DANYA   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of DAN (1)

DAPHNE   f   Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]

DAPHNÉ   f   French
French form of DAPHNE

DAQUAN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Da and quan.

DARA (1)   m   Irish
From the Irish Mac Dara which means Means "oak tree"... [more]

DARA (2)   f   Hebrew
Perhaps means "wisdom" or "compassion" in Hebrew.

DARA (3)   f & m   Khmer
Means "star" in Khmer.

DARA (4)   m   Iranian
Means "wealthy" in Persian.

DARACH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARAGH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARAYAVAHUSH   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Persian form of DARIUS

DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.

DARCEY   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DARCY

DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France... [more]

DARDAN   m   Albanian
From the name of the Dardani, an Illyrian tribe who lived on the Balkan Peninsula... [more]

DARDANA   f   Albanian
Feminine form of DARDAN

DARDANOS   m   Greek Mythology
Possibly from Greek δαρδαπτω (dardapto) "to devour"... [more]

DARDEN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.

DAREIA   f   Late Greek
Feminine form of Dareios (see DARIUS).

DAREIOS   m   Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of DARIUS

DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARIA   f   Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Late Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]

DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN

DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN

DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]

DARINA (1)   f   Irish
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE

DARINA (2)   f   Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

DARINKA   f   Slovene
Diminutive of DARJA

DARÍO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of DARIUS

DARIO   m   Italian
Italian form of DARIUS

DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN

DARIUS   m   English, Lithuanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]

DARIUSH   m   Iranian
Modern Iranian form of Dārayavahush (see DARIUS).

DARIUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of DARIUS

DARIYA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of DARIA

DARJA   f   Slovene, Czech
Slovene and Czech form of DARIA

DARKO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

DARLA   f   English
Short form of DARLENE

DARLEEN   f   English
Variant of DARLENE

DARLENE   f   English
From the English word darling combined with the popular name suffix lene... [more]

DARMA   m   Indonesian
Means "good deed" in Indonesian and Javanese.

DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]

DARRAGH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARSHANA   f   Indian
Means "seeing, understanding, philosophy" in Sanskrit.

D'ARTAGNAN   m   Literature
Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwestern France... [more]

DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]

DARYA (1)   f   Russian
Russian form of DARIA

DARYA (2)   f   Iranian
Means "sea" in Iranian.

DARYAWESH   m   Biblical Hebrew
Form of DARIUS used in the Hebrew Bible.

DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARYNA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian diminutive of DARIA

DARYUSH   m   Iranian
Modern Iranian form of Dārayavahush (see DARIUS).

DASHIELL   m   English (Rare)
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.

DASSAH   f   Hebrew
Short form of HADASSAH

DATHAN   m   Biblical
Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew... [more]

DAUD   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of DAWUD

DAUID   m   Biblical Greek
Greek form of DAVID

DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID

DAVENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA

DAVETH   m   Cornish
Cornish form of DAVID

DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVI   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of DAVID

DÁVID   m   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of DAVID

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DAVIDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DAVID

DAVIDE   m   Italian
Italian form of DAVID

DAVIDU   m   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of DAVID

DAVIE   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.

DAVINA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of DAVID... [more]

DAVINIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA

DAVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID... [more]

DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAWID   m   Polish, Biblical Hebrew
Polish form of DAVID, as well as the original Hebrew form.

DAWN   f   English
From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.

DAWOOD   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of DAWUD

DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]

DAWUD   m   Arabic
Arabic form of DAVID

DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).

DAYARAM   m   Indian
Means "compassion of Rama" from Sanskrit दया (daya) "compassion" combined with the name of the god RAMA.

DAYNA   f   English
Feminine variant of DANA (2)

DAYO   f   Yoruba
Means "joy arrives" in Yoruba.

DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.

DAZBOG   m   Slavic Mythology
Variant of DAZHDBOG

DAZHDBOG   m   Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "the giving god" in Slavic... [more]

DEACON   m   English (Modern)
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refer to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

DEAN   m   English
From a surname which means either "valley" from Middle English dene or else "dean" from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten")... [more]

DEANA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEANDRE   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANDRE

DEANGELO   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANGELO

DEANNA   f   English
Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN... [more]

DEANNE   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEARBHÁIL   f   Irish
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for Ireland.

DEASÚN   m   Irish
Irish form of DESMOND

DEB   f   English
Short form of DEBORAH

DEBBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBBORA   f   Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of DEBORAH used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

DEBBY   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBDAN   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of DEVDAN

DEBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DÉBORA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, French
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH

DEBORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH

DEBORAH   f   English, Hebrew, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]

DEBRA   f   English
Variant of DEBORAH

DECEBAL   m   Romanian
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian... [more]

DECIMA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DECIMUS

DECIMUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "tenth" in Latin.

DECLAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

DEDRICK   m   English (African American)
From a surname which was derived from the given name DIETRICH.

DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]

DEEANN   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEEMER   m   English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.

DEENA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEEPAK   m   Indian
Modern transcription of DIPAKA

DEEPALI   f   Indian
Variant transcription of DIPALI

DEEPTI   f   Indian
Variant transcription of DIPTI

DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]

DEFORREST   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEFOREST

DEIDRA   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE

DEIDRE   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE

DEIMOS   m   Greek Mythology
Means "terror" in Greek... [more]

DEINIOL   m   Welsh
Welsh form of DANIEL

DEION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DION

DEIRBHILE   f   Irish
Means "daughter of a poet" from Gaelic der "daughter" and file "poet"... [more]

DEIRDRE   f   English, Irish, Irish Mythology
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]

DEITRA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DEIRDRE

DEJA   f   Various
Means "already" from the French phrase deja vu meaning "already seen".

DEJAN   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Possibly derived from Slavic deja meaning "to do something, to act"... [more]

DEJANA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of DEJAN

DEKEL   m   Hebrew
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

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