This is a list of submitted names in which the place is Guam.
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Dereth m & f EnglishPossibly a corruption of the Irish surname
Derach, itself derived from the Gaelic
dearg meaning "red".
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... [
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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".
Dev m & f EnglishDiminutive or short form of
Devin and other variations of the same name
Devery m & f EnglishTransferred 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.
Dewitt m EnglishDerived from a Dutch surname that was originally written as
De Witt (it is common for Dutch immigrants to an English-speaking country to write their surname as one 'word', to make it easier to write for the citizens of that particular English-speaking country), it literally means "the white one"... [
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Dey f English (Rare)Dey Young is an American actress and sculptor. She is the sister of Leigh Taylor-Young.
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.
Diaz m & f English (Rare)Transferred use of the Spanish surname
Díaz. In the UK, it's more often a unisex name.
Dice m EnglishFrom the English word "dice", the plural of
die, referring to "a polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance, typically in gambling".
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”.
Diem f EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Diem. Possibly used in reference to Latin
carpe diem meaning "pluck the day (as it is ripe)" i.e. enjoy the moment.
Dilton m EnglishAll I know is that Dilton is an Archie character.
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... [
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Diora f EnglishFeminine form of
Dior. A known bearer of this name is American actress Diora Baird.
Diva f English (Rare)From Italian
diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin
dīva (“goddess”), female of
dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
Divine f & m English (Rare), FilipinoThis 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").
Divonne f English (Modern, Rare), African AmericanDivonne 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.
Dobie m & f EnglishFrom 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).
Dodger m English (Rare), Literature, Popular CultureFrom the English word
dodger meaning "one who dodges; one who avoids, evades, or sidesteps". Traditionally a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name. Fictional bearers include Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, a character from Charles Dickens' novel
Oliver Twist (1838) who befriends Oliver and entreats him to join Fagin's team of young pickpockets, as well as the title character in Terry Pratchett's 2012 novel
Dodger (loosely based on Dickens' Dodger) and Mark 'Dodger' Savage, a character from the British soap opera
Hollyoaks (introduced 2011)... [
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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)... [
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Dondi m & f Popular Culture, EnglishFrom 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.
Doogie m EnglishDiminutive of
Douglas. This is the name of the titular character of the American comedy-drama television series 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' (1989-1993) portrayed by actor Neil Patrick Harris.
Doon f & m English, LiteratureTransferred 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... [
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Dorrit f English, LiteratureTransferred 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... [
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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... [
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Dragon m EnglishAncient Greek
δράκων, Latin
draco "dragon; snake".
Dree f & m English, AmericanDree Hemingway is Mariel Hemingway's daughter. (Born Dree Crisman.)
Drema f EnglishEither a variant of
Dreama, or from the Slavic surname derived from Proto-Slavic
*drěmati "to sleep, nap, doze".
Dresden f & m English, Popular CultureFrom the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian
Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".
Drisana f English (Rare), Indian (Rare, Expatriate, ?)Meaning uncertain, though popularly claimed to mean "daughter of the sun" in Sanskrit. Supposedly it occurs in Hindu mythology as a name (perhaps a title or epithet) of the Dānava demon Virochana (a son of Prahlāda and father of Bali)... [
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