DawnefEnglish (Modern, Rare) Variant spelling of both Dawn and its diminutive Dawnie. The pronunciation of the name depends on which of the two Dawne is based on, which is something that will differ from person to person.
DawnellefAmerican (Rare) Most likely an elaboration of Dawn by way of combining it with the popular name suffix -elle.
DaxenaghwefCaucasian Mythology Derived from Circassian дахэ (dāxă) meaning "beautiful, pretty" and нагъуэ (năġ°ă) meaning "brown-eyed". Daxenaghwe is a minor character in the Circassian Nart sagas.
DaxuemChinese From the Chinese 大 (dà) meaning "big, great" and 学 (xué) meaning "learning, knowledge".
DaylovefMedieval English Medieval form of the Old English name Dæglufu deriving from the Old English name element dæg meaning "day" and the Old English name element lufu meaning "love". For the name with the same elements but reversed see Loveday
DayotchancullemWestern African Meaning as of yet unknown. This is the full first name of the French soccer player Dayot Upamecano (b. 1998), who is of Bissau-Guinean descent. He was named after his great-grandfather, who was the leader of a village on the island of Jeta in Guinea-Bissau.
Đệm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 棣 (đệ) meaning "cherry tree".
DemChinese, Vietnamese Derived from the Chinese character 德 (dé) meaning "virtue; morality; favor; mind". This is also the Chinese cognate and Vietnamese variant of Đức.... [more]
DecaprefPopular Culture Used on a video game character from the Street Fighter series. It is likely derived from дека́брь (dekábrʹ), the Russian word for December.
DedefDagbani Means "straight, rightly" in Dagbani.
Dedem & fSundanese From Sundanese dédé meaning "younger sibling".
DedémPortuguese (Brazilian) Portuguese (Brazilian) diminutive of Anderson. A famous bearer is Brazilian footballer Anderson Vital da Silva who is known as Dedé. He plays as a centre back or sweeper for Cruzeiro and the Brazilian national football team.
DeeniefEnglish (American) Diminutive of feminine names ending in deen, dene or dine. For example, Wilmadeene 'Deenie' Fenner is the protagonist of Judy Blume's young adult novel Deenie (1973).
DeichtinefIrish Mythology Possibly from Old Irish deich, meaning "ten", and tine meaning "fire" or tíre, "land, country". This was the name of the mother of Cuchulainn, whom she conceived with Lugh.
DeiñefBasque Derived from either Basque dei "call; announcement" or deikunde "announcement; Annunciation", this name is considered a Basque equivalent of Anunciación.
DeiphobefGreek Mythology, Roman Mythology Feminine form of Deiphobos. In Greek and Roman mythology, Deiphobe was a daughter of the seer Glaukos, an oracle of Apollo at Cumae in Italy, and later became known as the Cumaean Sybil... [more]
DeipylefGreek Mythology Etymology uncertain, perhaps derived from δηιόω (dêioô) meaning "to destroy" and πῠ́λη (pule) meaning "gate, door".
DeitychefGreek Mythology Etymology uncertain, perhaps derived from δηιόω (dêioô) meaning "to destroy" and τῠ́χη (túkhē) meaning "an act of god, fate, fortune".
DekemAmerican (Modern, Rare) The nickname of World War II pilot turned astronaut and NASA administrator Donald Kent Slayton, possibly short for "D. K."
Dekonteef & mWestern African Translates to the following: In God's Time or Time will tell or Patience.
Delanem & fEnglish (American, Rare) As an independent name from French meaning "alder grove" or a short form of Delaney from the Irish surname Dubhshlaine or referring to the Slaney river. ... [more]
DelemNigerian An uncommonly used name from the West African country of Nigeria. This name is commonly pronounced as 'Deli' but this is not the real way on how to pronounce this name.
DelisefEnglish (Modern) Apparently a later variant of Delice. This occurred in the 1970s. In the United States Delisa, Delesha, Delisiah, Delisha, etc., are found... [more]
DeliverancefEnglish (Puritan) From the English word deliverance meaning "action of setting free" in physical or spiritual senses. An especially common name given in regard to the perils of child birth.
DelloreesefAfrican American Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of Dolores, or a feminine elaboration of Reese. Borne by Delloreese Patricia Early A.K.A Della Reese
DelmoremFrench A boy's name of French origin meaning "of the sea." Poet Delmore Schwartz
DemainetefAncient Greek Feminine form of Demainetos. This is the name of a character in the 3rd-century novel Aethiopica, written by Heliodorus of Emesa.
DemetremGeorgian, History Georgian form of Demetrios (see Demetrius). This name is less common in Georgia than the Russian name Dimitri, which is probably due to the influence that Russia has had on the country (Georgia had been under Russian rule for nearly two centuries).... [more]