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DJAMILA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of JAMILA

DJORDJE   m   Serbian
Serbian form of GEORGE

DMITAR   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of DEMETRIUS

DMITRI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DMITRII   m   Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DMITRIY   m   Russian
Russian form of DEMETRIUS... [more]

DMITRY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DMYTRO   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of DEMETRIUS

DOBROGOST   m   Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "kind guest" from dobro "good, kind" and gost "guest".

DOBROMIL   m   Czech
Means "kind grace" from the Slavic elements dobro "good, kind" and mil "grace".

DOBROMIŁ   m   Polish
Polish form of DOBROMIL

DOBROSŁAW   m   Polish
Means "kind glory" from the Slavic elements dobro "good, kind" and slav "glory".

DOBROSŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of DOBROSŁAW

DOCIA   f   English
Diminutive of THEODOSIA

DODIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY

DOINA   f   Romanian
Means "folk song" in Romanian.

DOIREANN   f   Irish
Possibly means either "sullen" or "daughter of FIONN" in Irish.

DOLLIE   f   English
Variant of DOLLY.

DOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY... [more]

DOLORES   f   Spanish, English
Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows"... [more]

DOLORS   f   Catalan
Catalan form of DOLORES

DOLPH   m   English
Short form of ADOLPH

DOM   m   English
Short form of DOMINIC

DOMEN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DOMINIC

DOMENIC   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DOMENICA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMENICO   m   Italian
Italian form of DOMINIC... [more]

DOMHNALL   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of DONALD

DOMINGA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMINGO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of DOMINIC

DOMINGOS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of DOMINIC

DOMINIC   m   English
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord"... [more]

DOMINICA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMINICK   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DOMINICUS   m   Dutch, Late Roman
Original form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.

DOMINIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian
Cognate of DOMINIC

DOMINIKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMINIQUE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of DOMINIC

DOMITIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Domitianus, derived from the family name Domitius, which was derived from Latin domitus meaning "having been tamed"... [more]

DOMITILA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DOMITILLA

DOMITILLA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Domitius (see DOMITIAN)... [more]

DOMONKOS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of DOMINIC

DÖMÖTÖR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of DEMETRIUS

DON   m   English
Short form of DONALD

DONA   f   English
Variant of DONNA

DONAGH   m   Irish
Irish form of Donnchadh (see DUNCAN).

DONAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of Domhnall (see DONALD).

DONALD   m   Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"... [more]

DONALDA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONALDINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONAR   m   Germanic Mythology
Ancient German cognate of Þórr (see THOR).

DONÁT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of DONATO

DONAT   m   French, Provençal, Catalan, Polish
French, Provençal, Catalan and Polish form of DONATO

DONATA   f   Italian
Feminine form of DONATO

DONATELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of DONATA

DONATELLO   m   Italian
Diminutive of DONATO... [more]

DONATIEN   m   French
French form of DONATO

DONATIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of DONATO

DONATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given"... [more]

DONELLA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONELLE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DON

DONG   m   Chinese, Korean
From Chinese "east" or "pillar, beam"... [more]

DONKA   f   Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of ANDON

DONNA   f   English
From Italian donna meaning "lady"... [more]

DONNACHAIDH   m   Scottish, Irish
Variant of DONNCHADH

DONNCHADH   m   Scottish, Irish
Original form of DUNCAN

DONNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DONNY   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DONOVAN   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Donnabhain meaning "descendent of Donndubhán"... [more]

DOR   m & f   Jewish
Means "generation" in Hebrew.

DÓRA   f   Hungarian
Short form of DOROTTYA

DORA   f   English, Spanish
Short form of DOROTHY, ISIDORA or THEODORA

DORAN   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Deoradháin meaning "descendent of Deoradhán"... [more]

DORCAS   f   Biblical
Derived from Greek δορκας (dorkas) meaning "gazelle"... [more]

DOREAN   f   Irish
Anglicized form of DOIREANN

DOREEN   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix een... [more]

DORES   f   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of DOLORES

DORETE   f   Danish
Danish form of DOROTHEA

DORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of DORA

DORI   m   Jewish
Means "my generation" in Hebrew.

DORIA   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of DORIAN or an elaboration of DORA

DORIAN   m   English, French
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]

DORIANE   f   French
French feminine form of DORIAN

DORIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of DORIAN

DORIKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of DOROTTYA

DORIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DORIAN

DORINA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of DORIAN

DORINDA   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix inda.

DORINE   f   English
Variant of DOREEN

DORIS   f   English, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more]

DORIT (1)   f   Jewish
Strictly feminine variant of DOR

DORIT (2)   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of DOROTHEA

DORITA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Diminutive of DORA

DOROFEI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of DOROFEY

DOROFEY   m   Russian
Russian form of Dorotheos (see DOROTHEA).

DORON   m   Jewish
Means "gift" in Greek.

DOROTA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of DOROTHEA

DOROTEA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DOROTHEA

DOROTÉIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of DOROTHEA

DOROTEJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of DOROTHEA

DOROTHEA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

DOROTHÉE   f   French
French form of DOROTHEA

DOROTHEOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Original Greek masculine form of DOROTHEA

DOROTHY   f   English
Usual English form of DOROTHEA... [more]

DOROTTYA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of DOROTHEA

DORRIS   f   English
Variant of DORIS

DORTHA   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY

DÖRTHE   f   German
Low German short form of DOROTHEA

DORTHE   f   Danish
Danish form of DOROTHY

DORTHY   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY

DORU   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian dor meaning "longing".

DORY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY or DORIS

DOSIA   f   Polish
Diminutive of TEODOZJA or DOROTA

DOT   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY

DOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY

DOTTY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY

DOUG   m   English
Short form of DOUGLAS

DOUGAL   m   Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".

DOUGLAS   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]

DOV   m   Jewish
Means "bear" in Hebrew.

DOVID   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of DAVID

DOYLE   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning "descendent of Dubhghall"... [more]

DRACO   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Δρακων (Drakon) which meant "dragon, serpent"... [more]

DRAGA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of DRAGO

DRAGAN   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRAGANA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Feminine form of DRAGAN

DRAGICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRAGO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRAGOMIR   m   Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian
Means "precious and peaceful" from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious" combined with mir "peace".

DRAGOS   m   Romanian
Variant of DRAGOȘ

DRAGOȘ   m   Romanian
Short form of DRAGOMIR

DRAGOSLAV   m   Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements dorogo meaning "precious" and slav "glory".

DRAGOSLAVA   f   Serbian
Feminine form of DRAGOSLAV

DRAHOMÍR   m   Czech
Czech form of DRAGOMIR

DRAHOMÍRA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of DRAGOMIR

DRAHOSLAV   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of DRAGOSLAV

DRAHOSLAVA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of DRAGOSLAV

DRAKE   m   English
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse personal name Draki or the Old English personal name Draca both meaning "dragon".

DRAUPADI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "daughter of DRUPADA" in Sanskrit... [more]

DRAVEN   m   Popular Culture
From a surname (of unknown meaning) which was used in the movie 'The Crow' (1994).

DRAŽEN   m   Croatian
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRE   m   English
Short form of ANDRE

DREA   f   English
Short form of ANDREA (2)

DREDA   f   English (Archaic)
Short form of ETHELDREDA

DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW

DRIKA   f   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIKA

DRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of ADRIANA

DRISCOLL   m   English (Rare), Irish
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".

DRISKOLL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DRISCOLL

DROGO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman name, possibly derived from Germanic (Gothic) dragen "to carry" or Germanic (Saxon) drog "ghost"... [more]

DROR   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of DEROR

DRORIT   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of DERORIT

DRUMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.

DRUPADA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "wooden pillar" or "firm footed" in Sanskrit... [more]

DRUSILLA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus... [more]

DRYSTAN   m   Welsh
Welsh form of TRISTAN

DUA   f   Arabic
Means "prayer" in Arabic.

DUANA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DUANE

DUANE   m   English, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhan which means "little and dark", derived from dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DUARTE   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDWARD

DUBAKU   m & f   Western African
Means "eleventh born child" in Akan.

DUBHGHALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGAL

DUBHGHLAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGLAS

DUBRAVKA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of DUBRAVKO

DUBRAVKO   m   Croatian
From the Serbo-Croatian dubrava meaning "oak grove".

DUC   m   Vietnamese
Means "desire" in Vietnamese.

DUCI   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of MAGDOLNA

DUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of DAVID

DUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]

DUFF   m   Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".

DUGALD   m   Scottish
Scottish variant of DOUGAL

DUHA   f & m   Arabic
Means "morning" in Arabic.

DUILIO   m   Italian
From the Roman name Duilius, which is possibly derived from Latin duellum "war"... [more]

DUKE   m   English
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".

DULCE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.

DULCIBELLA   f   English (Archaic)
From Latin dulcis "sweet" and bella "pretty"... [more]

DULCIE   f   English
From Latin dulcis meaning "sweet"... [more]

DULCINEA   f   Literature
Derived from Spanish dulce meaning "sweet"... [more]

DULEEP   m   Indian
Variant of DILIP

DUMISANI   m & f   Southern African
Means "give praise" in Zulu.

DUMITRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of DEMETRIUS

DUNCAN   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]

DUNG   m   Vietnamese
Means "brave, heroic" in Vietnamese.

DUNJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Possibly a south Slavic form of DUNYA... [more]

DUNSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements dun "dark" and stan "stone"... [more]

DUNYA   f   Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

DUNYASHA   f   Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

DUONG   m   Vietnamese
Means "virility" in Vietnamese.

DURAI   m   Indian (Tamil)
Means "chief, leader" in Tamil.

DURANTE   m   Italian
Derived from Latin durans meaning "enduring".

DURGA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "unattainable" in Sanskrit... [more]

DURWARD   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.

DUŠAN   m   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene
Derived from Slavic dusha meaning "soul, spirit".

DUŠANA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak
Feminine form of DUŠAN

DUSTIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more]

DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to a person who was perceived as being dusty... [more]

DUYGU   m & f   Turkish
Means "emotion, sensation" in Turkish.

DVORAH   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of DEBORAH

DWAIN   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DWAYNE   m   English, Irish
Variant of DUANE

DWI   m & f   Indonesian
Means "second child" in Indonesian and Javanese.

DWIGHT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DWYN   m   Celtic Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Celtic god of love.

DYAN   f   English
Variant of DIANE

DYLAN   m   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]

DYLIS   f   Welsh
Variant of DILYS

DYMPHNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT... [more]

DYMPNA   f   Irish
Variant of DYMPHNA

DYSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of Dye" (Dye being a medieval diminutive of DENIS).

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