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Denni f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Denise and a variant of Denny.

Dennie m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Denny.

Dennise f English
Variant of Denise.

Denya f English
Likely a variant of Denia.

Denyce f English (Rare)
Variant of Denise

Denyel f English (American)
Variant of Danielle.

Denym f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Denim.

Denyse f English
Variant of Denise.

Deolinda f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Teolinda. This name was especially popular in Portugal and Brazil, having started rising in popularity in Brazil in the 1810s and Portugal in the 1880s... [more]

Deona f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Deonna f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Deprise f English (Rare)

Dera f English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)

Derbie f English (Rare)
Variant of Derby.

Dereka f English
Feminine form of Derek.

Derelle m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Derell.

Dereth m & f English
Possibly a corruption of the Irish surname Derach, itself derived from the Gaelic dearg meaning "red".

Deretha f English (Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Dereth to create a strictly feminine form of this name.

Derian m & f English
Variant of Darian.

Derica f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), African American
Feminization of Deric.

Dericka f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Derick.

Derika f English
Feminine form of Derik.

Deronda f English (American, Rare)
This is regarded as a combination of the popular name prefix de and Rhonda, and can be spelled DeRonda or Deronda. Also compare Laronda, Sharonda... [more]

Derran f & m Welsh, English (Rare)
Means "bird" in Welsh. Also used as a variant of Darren.

Derrica f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Derrick, influenced by Erica.

Deryl m & f English
Variant of Daryl.

Desarai f English
Another form of Desiree

Deseine f English

Deseree f English (Modern)
Variant of Désirée.

Desi f English (Rare)
Variant of Dessie.

Desica f English (American, Rare), Indonesian (Rare)

Desira f English

Desiray f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Desire f & m English (Puritan)
Derived from Latin desidero "to long for; to wish for; to desire" (via Old French desir). This name was first used in the 16th century by the Puritans, probably with the intended meaning of "desire the Lord"... [more]

Desley f English (Australian)

Deslyn f English (Modern, Rare), Antillean Creole, Papuan
Perhaps a combination of Desi and the popular name suffix lyn.

Desmine f & m English (Rare)

Desna f English (Rare)
Appeared in the 1940s and then disappeared again. The equally mysterious Desne is found in the late 1930s and survived until the early 1950s. Desney also occurred in the 1940s and '50s... [more]

Dessi f English
Variant of Dessie.

Dessi f Scandinavian, English
Commonly used as a nickname for Desiré.

Dessie f English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Diminutive of Odessa.

Dessy f English
Variant of Dessie.

Destanae f English
Variant of Destinee.

Destanee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Destaney f English (American)
Variant of Destiny.

Destani f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Destanni f English (Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Destany f English (Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Destina f English (Rare)
Blend of Destiny and Tina.

Destinae f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destinay f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destinaye f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Destinei f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destineigh f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Destiny.

Destiney f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destini f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destinie f English
Variant of Destinie.

Destrie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Destry.

Destry m & f Popular Culture, English
English form of Destrier, a French surname derived from the Anglo-Norman word destrer meaning "warhorse". This name was popularized by the western novel 'Destry Rides Again' (1930, by Max Brand) and two subsequent identically-named film adaptations (1932 and 1939).

Destyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Destin.

Destyne f English
Feminine form of Destin.

Destynee f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destynie f English
Variant of Destiny.

Desyre f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Desire.

Desyree f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

Detra f English
Variant of Deitra.

Dette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of names ending in dette. In the book So B. It by Sarah Weeks, Heidi's mother calls Heidi's next door neighbour, Bernadette, "Dette".

Deuard m & f English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a version of Edward.

Dev f English
Diminutive of Devorah.

Dev m & f English
Diminutive or short form of Devin and other variations of the same name

Devane m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Devan.

Devanie f English (Rare)

Devara f English (Rare)
Variant of Devera.

Devereaux m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Devereaux.

Deverlee f English (Modern)
Possibly an invented name blending Devery and Everley.

Devery m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Devery. A bearer of this name was Devery Freeman (1913-2005), an American screenwriter who also authored the novel "Father Sky: A Novel", upon which the 1981 film "Taps" was based.

Devida f English (Rare)
Variant of Davida.

Devinia f English (Rare)
Variation of Davina

Devion f & m English (Modern)
Elaborated form of Devin, perhaps inspired by Dion.

Devona f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Devon to create a strictly feminine form of this name.

Devone m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Devon.

Devonika f English (American, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Devon.

Devonna f English

Devonne f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Devon.

Devra f English (Rare)

Devynn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Devon or Devyn. Devynn was given to 29 girls in 2018 according to the SSA.

Devynne f English (Modern)
Variant of Devin.

Dew m & f English
Rare name from english word “dew”.

Dewilla f English

Dexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Dexanna.

Dexanna f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Dex and Anna.

Dexlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Dextra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dexter.

Dey f English (Rare)
Dey Young is an American actress and sculptor. She is the sister of Leigh Taylor-Young.

Deyla f English
Variant of Dayla.

Deylin f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Daylin.

Deyna f English
Variant of Dana 2.

Dezarae f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezeray f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree

Dezirae f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Deziray f English (Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezire f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Desire.

Dezlyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Dezlynn f English (Modern, Rare)

Deztiny f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Dezyre f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Desire.

Dezzi m & f English
Diminutive of Desiree, Desmond, and other names that start with the similar DEZ- sound.

Dezzie f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dezzi.

Dhilan m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan. Dhilan was given to 31 boys in 2015 according to the SSA.

Dhillon m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dillon. Dhillon was given to 9 boys in 2014 according to the SSA.

Diabolique f & m English (American, Rare), Obscure
Means "diabolic" in French, from the title of a 1996 movie. This was given to 8 girls and 7 boys born in the United States in 1996, and to 6 girls born in the U.S. in 1997.

Diadamia f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Diademia.

Diah f English (Rare)
Variant of Dia.

Diahann f English (Rare)
Variant of Diane. Notable bearer of this name is the American actress Diahann Carroll (1935-2019), whose birth name was Carol Diann Johnson.

Dialyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Potentially a modern combination of the prefix Dia-, and popular suffix -lyn.

Diamon f English (Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Diamonde f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Diamondia f English (American, Rare)
Elaborated form of Diamond.

Diamonds f English (American, Rare)
Plural form of Diamond.

Diamonique f African American (Rare), English (Rare)
Presumably a variant of Dominique influenced by the English word diamond.

Diamyn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Dian f English
Variant of Diane.

Dianah f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dianca f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a combination of Diana and Bianca.

Dianda f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diandra.

Diandra f Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Antillean), English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of Diana and Alexandra or Sandra.... [more]

Dianella f Spanish (Latin American), Italian, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Diana.

Dianelle f English (Rare)

Dianette f English (Rare), Central American
Combination of Diane with the suffix -ette.

Dianthe f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Diantha.

Diara f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Rhyming variant of Tiara/Kiara influenced by Diana.

Diaz m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the Spanish surname Díaz. In the UK, it's more often a unisex name.

Dica f English (Rare)
Variant of Dice.

Dice f Greek Mythology (Latinized), English (Rare)
Latinized form of Dike. It was occasionally used as a given name in the English-speaking world of the 1800s.

Dicentra f English (Rare)
A genus of flowering herbs, also known as “bleeding-hearts”. Originally from Ancient Greek δίκεντρος (díkentros) “having two stings”, itself from δίς (dís) “double” combined with κέντρον (kéntron) “goad, spur, sting”.

Dicksie f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dixie, influenced by Dick 1.

Dicy f English (American)
Variant of Dicie.

Dieana f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dieann f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diane.

Dieanna f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dieanne f English (Rare)
Variant of Diane.

Diedra f English (Rare)
Variant of Deirdre.

Diem f English
Transferred use of the surname Diem. Possibly used in reference "carpe diem" would thus be "pluck the day (as it is ripe)"—i.e., enjoy the moment.

Diera f English (American, Rare)

Dierdre f English
Variant of Deirdre.

Dietta f Medieval German, English
Medieval German variant of Theuda.

Diffidence f English (Puritan)
From late Middle English (in the sense ‘lacking confidence or trust in someone or something’) from Latin diffident- ‘failing in trust’, from the verb diffidere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + fidere ‘to trust’.

Dijonna f English (American)
Variant of Dijon.

Dikki f English (Rare)
Variant of Rikki, influenced by Dick 1

Diko m & f English

Diligence f & m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "careful and persistent work or effort."

Dillian f English, Dutch

Dilliana f English (American, Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Dillie f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Dilly.

Dilly f English (American, Archaic)
Diminutive of Delia 2.

Dillyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dillynn f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Dylan.

Dilyn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dilynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan using the popular suffix lynn.

Dimity f English (Australian, Rare)
The name given to a type of lightweight sheer cotton fabric used for bed upholstery and curtains, used as a female given name mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Dimple f English (Rare), Indian
From the English word dimple, likely of Germanic origin; related to German Tümpel "pond".

Dimples f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dimple.

Diniah f English (British, Rare, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)

Dinora f English, Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
Variant of Dinorah.

Dinorah f English, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Theatre
Possibly derived from Aramaic dinur (also denur) meaning "of fire", derived from di "of" and nur "fire, light". Because of the similarity with the Hebrew word din "trial, judgement", this name is sometimes seen as a more elaborate form of the name Dinah... [more]

Dinyse f English (Australian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Denise.

Diona f English, Albanian
Feminine form of Dion. In some of the American cases, it may also be a variant of Diana.

Dionis f English (Archaic)
Probably a contracted form of Dionisia. A notable bearer of the name was Dionis Stevens Coffin (1610-1684), the wife of Tristram Coffin and an ancestress of the Coffin family of the United States... [more]

Dionna f English (Modern)
Variant of Dionne.

Diontae m & f English
Variant of Deonte.

Diontha f English (American)
Variant of Diantha.

Diora f English
Feminine form of Dior. A known bearer of this name is American actress Diora Baird.

Diore f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dior.

Dirika f Dutch (Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Dirik.

Discretion f English (Puritan), Literature
Used in reference to Proverbs 2:11, "Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee."

Disney f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of a surname Disney.

Ditty f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of Diede (Dutch) and Edith (Dutch and English). Also compare Didi, Ditte and Dietje.

Diva f English (Rare)
From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).

Divenna f English (American, Rare)

Dividina f English (Rare)
A possible elaboration of Divina.

Divine f & m English, Filipino
This name is derived from the word of the name meaning "eternal, heavenly, holy, godlike" (from Old French devin, which, in turn, derives from Latin divinus meaning "of a God").

Divinia f English (Rare)

Divonne f English (Modern, Rare), African American
Divonne les Bains is a popular spa town in France. I have read that Divonne derives from the original Celtic, meaning "divine water". The only famous holder of the name is Divonne Holmes a Court, the New York-born wife of Australian billionaire businessman Peter Homes a Court.

Dixee f & m English
Variant of Dixie.

Dixi f English (American)
Variant of Dixie or Dyxie

Djuana f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Djuna.

Dlyla f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a spelling variation of Delilah.

D'Nae f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Denae, or a combination of the phonetic elements da and nay (perhaps modelled on Renee, Janae, etc).

Dobie m & f English
From the English word dobie. The name of a character called Dobie Gillis from the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". Also known bearers of this name were the American singer-songwriter Dobie Gray (1940-2011), and American baseball player Dobie Moore (1895-1947).

Docey f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of vernacular form of Docia.

Docie f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a variant of Eudocia or Theodocia or a short form of Eudocie... [more]

Dodi f & m English (Rare)
As a feminine name, it's a variant of Dodie. ... [more]

Dodo f English
Variant of Dodie, a diminutive of Dorothy. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Dolores and other names beginning with Do.

Dods f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Dody f English (American)
Diminutive of Dolores. Could also probably be a variant of Dodie.

Doe f English (American, Archaic)
Diminutive of Dorothy and Dorcas.

Dolcie f English (British, Modern)
Variant of Dulcie. Popular in the UK.

Dolena f English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Variant of Dolina.

Dollar f & m English (American, Rare)
From the English word for the US currency.... [more]

Dolleta f English (American, Rare)

Dolley f English
Variant of Dolly.

Dollye f English
Variant of Dolly.

Dolola f English (American)
Variant of Dolores, influenced by its nickname Lola

Dolorette f English (American, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Combination of Dolores with the suffix -ette.

Doloris f English (Rare)
Variant of Dolores.

Domina f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname of Domina.

Dominiq m & f English (American, Rare), African American
Variant of Dominic and Dominique.

Domino f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Short form of Dominique. It was used by author Ian Fleming in his James Bond novel 'Thunderball' (1961), where the nickname belongs to Bond's Italian love interest Dominetta "Domino" Vitali (renamed Dominique "Domino" and simply Domino in the 1965 and 1983 film adaptations, respectively)... [more]

Donaldine f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Donald.

Donasha f English (Rare)

Donda f English

Dondi m & f Popular Culture, English
From a comic strip first published in 1955. In this comicstrip, Dondi was an Italian orphan asking for his parents saying "dondi" all the time. In the comic strip this comes from people calling him dandy boy.

Donea f English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Possibly a form of Danae, or diminutive of Idonea, or a feminized version of Don or a variation or feminized version of any name beginning with Don.

Donelda f English (American), English (Canadian)
Variant of Donalda.

Donetta f English
Elaboration of Danette.

Doni f English
Diminutive of Donalda Donna Donella Donaldina or Donnelle, also a feminine diminutive form of Donald

Donicia f English (American, Rare)

Donielle f & m African American, English
Unisex variant of Donal, Donald, Donnell, Donelle and other names containing the same sound.

Donita f Spanish, English (American)
Spanish diminutive of Donata. As an English name, Donita may perhaps have been derived from Spanish doñita meaning "little lady", which is comparable to how Donna was derived from Italian donna meaning "lady".... [more]

Donnae f English (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a feminization of Donnie, or a combination of Donna with a feminine name ending in -ae... [more]

Donnamarie f English
Combination of Donna and Marie.

Donnarae f English
Combination of Donna and Rae.

Donnatella f Italian, English (Rare)
Variant of Donatella.... [more]

Donnelle f & m English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Donelle and Donal/Donel/Donnell/Donell.

Donni f & m English (Rare)
Variation of Donnie

Donnis f English

Donnita f English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Donsilla f English

Donyell m & f English (American), Dutch (Rare)
Variant form of Daniel (for men) and Danielle (for women), which was perhaps influenced by the name Don and its diminutive Donny... [more]

Doon f & m English, Literature
Transferred use of the surname Doon. Known bearers of this name include the American writer Doon Arbus (b. 1945) and the British comedian Doon Mackichan (b... [more]

Dor m & f English (Modern)
Short form of Dorian, Doris and other names that starting with dor.

Dorah f English (Rare), South African (Rare), African, Haitian Creole (Rare)
Variant of Dora.

Doraine f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Doraline f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Elaboration of Dora combining it with the productive name suffix -line or else a combination of Dora and Line.

Doralyn f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and the popular name suffix -lyn.

Dorann f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Ann, perhaps used as a variant of Doreen or a feminine variant of Doran.

Dorathea f English, Afrikaans, Dutch, Romansh
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorathey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorathy f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorcasina f Literature, English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Dorcas used by American author Tabitha Gilman Tenney for the title character in her novel 'Female Quixotism, Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon' (1801).

Dorcie f English (Rare)

Dorcus f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcas.

Dorelia f English (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American)
Elaboration of Dora.

Dorene f English
Variant of Doreen.

Doresa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Doris.

Doretha f English
Likely a variant of Doretta.

Dorethia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorett f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorrit.

Dori f English
Variant of Dory.

Doriah f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Doria.

Dorice f English, French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Doris.

Dorie f English (American)
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Dorienne f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Maltese (Rare)
French feminine form of Dorien.

Dorilyn f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Variant of Doralyn.

Dorisa f English (Rare), Polish (Rare), Albanian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Dorissa f English

Dorissana f English (Americanized, Rare)

Dorkis f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcas.

Dorla f English (Modern)
A combination of Dora and Darla.

Dorlah f English (Modern)
Variant of Dorla.

Dorlisa f English

Dorliska f Theatre, English (American, Archaic)
Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) is an operatic dramma semiserio in two acts by Gioachino Rossini based on the novel Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas (1787–1790) by the revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, whose work was the source of the Lodoïska libretto set by Luigi Cherubini (1791), and Lodoiska set by Stephen Storace (1794), and Simon Mayr (1796).

Dorma f English (Rare)

Dorotha f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorothey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorothia f English (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorraine f English (American)
Possibly a blend of Doreen and Lorraine.... [more]

Dorreen f English
Variant of Doreen.

Dorrett f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorrit.

Dorrie f English, Dutch
Diminutive of Dorothy, Doris, or other names containing the dor sound.

Dorrit f English, Literature
Transferred use of a surname deriving either from Durward or Dorothy. Made famous by Charles Dickens in his novel Little Dorrit (1855-7) and first-name usage probably derives from it... [more]

Dorry f English
Variant of Dory.

Dorthey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

Dortheya f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorynne f English (Rare)

Dorys f English
Variant of Doris.

Doryss f English
Variant of Doris.

Dosha f English (American)
Variant of Doshia.

Doshia f English (American)
Possibly a diminutive of Theodosia. (Cf. Docia.)

Dosie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy or Theodosia.

Doska f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Short form of Ladoska.

Dossie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorothy, Eudoxia, Theodosia, and other names with a similar sound.

Dotsi f English
Variant of Dotsie.

Dotsie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Dotsy f English
Variant of Dotsie.

Dottye f English
Alternative spelling of Dotty.

Dousabel f English
Form of Dowsabel

Dousie f English
Form of Dousabel

Doylene f English (American, Rare)
Likely a feminine form of Doyle.

Dracaena f English (Rare)
From the name of a genus of about forty species of trees and succulent shrubs, which is the Latinized form of Greek δράκαινα (drakaina) meaning "she-dragon", the feminine form of δράκων (drakon) - compare Drakon... [more]

Dray m & f English
Variant of Dre.

Draya f English

Drayana f English (Rare)

Dreama f English
Feminized form of Dream or variant of Drema... [more]

Dreamer f & m English (Rare)
From the English word dreamer meaning "one who dreams; idler, daydreamer".

Dree f & m English, American
Dree Hemingway is Mariel Hemingway's daughter. (Born Dree Crisman.)

Drema f English
Either a variant of Dreama, or from the Slavic surname derived from Proto-Slavic *drěmati "to sleep, nap, doze".

Dresden f & m English, Popular Culture
From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".

Drewann f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Drew and Ann, or a flip-flopped version of Andrew used as a feminine given name.

Drewsella f English (Rare, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Drusilla.