American Submitted Names

Desharieff f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of popular prefix de and variation of Sharif.

Deshauna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deshawna.

Deshawna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Deshawn.

Deshawndra f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Deshawn.

Deshay m & f African American (Rare)
A combination of the name suffix De- and Shay 1.

Deshia f American (Modern, Rare)

Deshieka f African American

DeShon m African American
Variant of Deshawn. It can be spelled DeShon or Deshon.

De'shuna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deshauna.

Desi f English (Rare)
Variant of Dessie.

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

Desierra f American (Americanized, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix de with Sierra.

Desira f English

Desiray f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Desiraya f African American (Rare)
Likely an elaborated form of Desiree.

Desirea f American
Variant of Desirée.

Desirus m English (Modern)
Masculine variant of Desiree, possibly based on the English word desirous.

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

Desmen m English (Modern)
Probably another form of the name Desmond.

Desmia f American (Rare), Literature
The name of a character in The Palace of Mirrors by Margaret P. Haddix.

Desmine f & m English (Rare)

Desmona f African American (Modern, Rare)

Desmone' m African American (Rare)
Blend of Desiree and Monet.

Desmund m English (American), English (African)
Variant of Desmond.

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]

Dessance m English

Dessert m English
Transferred usage of the surname Dessert.

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

Dessi f English
Variant of Dessie.

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.

Destery m American (Rare)
Variant of Destry.

Destin m American (Modern, Rare), Haitian Creole (Rare), French (African)
Likely from the French destin "destiny, fate, fortune".

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.

Deston m English (Rare)

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

Destry m Popular Culture, English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Destry, ultimately from the Anglo-Norman word destrer meaning "warhorse". This name was popularized by the western novel 'Destry Rides Again' (1930, by Max Brand) and specially by the 1964 TV series 'Destry' based on the novel.

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

Destyne f English
Feminine form of Destin.

Destynee f English
Variant of Destiny.

Destyni m English
Masculine form of Destiny.

Destynie f English
Variant of Destiny.

Desyrae f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

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

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

Detavius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix De- with the name Tavius.

Deterville m French (Cajun), American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Deterville.

Detra f English
Variant of Deitra.

Detrice f African American (Rare)

Detrick m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Detrick.

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.

Deuce m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Dev f English
Diminutive of Devorah.

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

Devalson m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Devalson.

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

Devanee f American (Modern, Rare)

Devaniah f African American (Rare)

Devanie f English (Rare)

Devany f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Devanie.

Devara f English (Rare)
Variant of Devera.

Devaughn m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davon, the spelling influenced by that of Vaughn. This name can be spelled Devaughn or DeVaughn.

Devaughnte m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devonte, influenced by Vaughn.

Devaun m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Devaughn.

Devauntay m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Devean m African American

Devenity f African American (Modern)
Variant of Divinity.

Deveny f Dutch (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Deveny. This is the title of the 1994 love song 'Deveny' by Dutch singer Marc Daniëls, thus why this name is most popular in the Netherlands.

Devera f American (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps an altered form of Devorah or a combination of the popular name prefix de and Vera 1... [more]

Devere m African American
Meaning uncertain. Possibly invented name.

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.

Devine f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Divine.

Devinia f English (Rare)
Variant of Davinia.

Devinicus m English

Devinity f American (Modern, Rare)

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

Devlin m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Devlin.

Devlon m English
Variant of Devlin.

Devlyn f & m American (Rare)
Variant of Devlin.

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

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

Devonia f & m African American (Rare)

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

Devonna f English

Devonne f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Devon.

Devonta m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devonte.

Devontay m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devante and Devonte.

De'vonte m African American
Variant of Devonte.

Devony f American (Rare)

Devonya f African American
American Indian and African American

Devore m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Devore.

Devra f English (Rare)

Devrin m English (American)

Devy m English

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)
For men, it most likely comes from Dewitt. For women, it comes from the English word dew.

Dewaine m English (American, Americanized)

Dewana f & m African American
Variant of Dejuana.

Dewanda f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Wanda.

Deward m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Deward.

Dewaune m African American
Variant of Dewaune.

Dewilla f English

Dewitt m English
Derived 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"... [more]

Dewolf m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dewolf. Most notable bearer was American entertainer DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), best known for his recitations of the famous poem 'Casey at the Bat' by Ernest Thayer (1863–1940).

Dewuan m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

Dexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Dexanna.

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

Dexlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Dexster m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dexter.

Dexten m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dexton.

Dextin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dexton.

Dexton m English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Dex and the popular suffix -ton.

Dextra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dexter.

Dextyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dexton.

Dexx m English, Dutch
Variant of Dex.

Dexy m English
Diminutive 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.

Dey'lon m African American, English
Variant of Daylon.

Deyna f English
Variant of Dana 2.

Deyon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deion.

Deyton m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dayton.

Deyvian m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Davion.

Dez m English
Variant of Des.

Dezarae f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Deza'ray f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Desiree. It can also be spelt as Dezaray or Deza Ray.

Dezeray f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezirae f English (Modern, Rare)
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)

Dezmond m English
Variant spelling of Desmond.

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.

Dhamir m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Damir.

Dharen m & f American (Rare), Mauritian Creole (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Indian (Rare)
Darren

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.

Diademia f American (Archaic)
Possibly an altered form of Deidamia influenced by the English word diadem, used in America in the 19th century.

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.

Diallo m African American

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

Diamon f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

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

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

Diamondique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Diamond and the suffix -ique.

Diamondnique f African American (Rare)
Variant of Diamonique.

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

Diamoni f African American
Derived from the words Diamond and Imani. Diamond which comes from the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the birthstone of April. Diamond is derived from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, which is of Greek origin meaning "invincible, untamed"... [more]

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.

Dianara f American (Hispanic, Rare), Filipino, South American
Possibly a variant of Dayanara or Dianora.

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)

Dianeme f American (Rare)

Dianese f American (Modern, Rare), Caribbean (Rare)

Dianet f American (Hispanic), South American
Hispanic variant of Janet.

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

Diangelo m English (American), Caribbean
Variant of DeAngelo.

Diania f American (Rare)
Elaborated form of Diana

Diannie f English (American, Rare)
Nickname for Dianne.

Dianny f American (Hispanic)

Diante m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deonte.

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.

Diasia f African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAsia.

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.

Dice m English
From 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”.

Dicey f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Dicie. This name was borne by Laodicea "Dicey" Langston (1766-1837), a South Carolina woman who acted as a spy for the Patriots during the American Revolution... [more]

Dicie f American (South, Archaic)
Diminutive of names such as Diana, Eurydice, Ludicia and Theodosia... [more]

Dicken m English
Variant of Dickon.

Dickerson m English (American, Rare)
Derived from the English patronymic surname Dickerson.... [more]

Dickey m English (American)
Variant of Dicky.

Dicki m English, Indonesian
Variant of Dicky.

Dickie m English
Diminutive of Richard.

Dickinson m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dickinson.

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

Dickson m English, Scottish
Transferred use of the surname Dickson.

Dicky m English, Indonesian
Diminutive of Richard or William.

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.

Diedre f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Deidre.

Diem f English
Transferred 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.

Diera f English (American, Rare)

Dierdre f English
Variant of Deirdre.

Dierks m English
Transferred use of the surname Dierks.

Dierria f American (Rare)

Diesel m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Modern given name, sometimes transferred use of the surname Diesel.

Diesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dyesha.

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

Dietz m Medieval German, English (American), German (Modern, Rare)
A German short form of Dietrich that survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the USA.

Dieysha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Daisha, which may be an invented name using the same sounds found in names such as Iesha and Laisha.

Diezel m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diesel. This name was used by American singer Toni Braxton and musician Keri Lewis for their son born 2003.

Dijohn m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dijon.

Dijon m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dejon coinciding with the name of the city of Dijon, France.

Dijonae f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Dejon with the popular suffix nay.

Dijonna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Dijon.

Dijonnae f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dijonae.

Dijonnaise f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Dijon, coinciding with the French word Dijonnaise ("woman from the city of Dijon").

Dijoun m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dijon.

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

Diko m & f English

Dikwon m African American (Rare, ?)
Variant of Daquan.

Dil m English
Diminutive of Dylan.

Dilan m English (Modern), Spanish (Modern), Portuguese (Modern), French (Modern), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dilcey f American (South, Archaic), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Possibly a variant of Dulcie or Dilly. Margaret Mitchell used this name in her historical novel Gone with the Wind (1936), where it belongs to a slave on Scarlett O'Hara's plantation.

Dill m English (American)
Dill Harris was the childhood friend of Jem and Scout in Harper Lee's book To Kill a Mockingbird. Dill, whose given name was Charles Baker Harris, is believed to be based on Lee's real-life friend, Truman Capote.... [more]

Dillard m English
Transferred use of the surname Dillard.

Dillian f English, Dutch

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

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

Dillin m English (Modern)
Variant of Dylan.

Dillion m English (Modern)
Either a variant of Dillon or a transferred use of the surname Dillion.

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

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

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

Dilon m English (Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dilton m English
All I know is that Dilton is an Archie character.

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

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

Dimaria f African American (Rare)
Variant of Demaria.

Dimitre m English

Dimmis f American (Archaic)
Diminutive of Damaris used in 18th- and 19th-century America.

Dimon m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dimon. A known bearer of this name is the American businessman Dimon McFerson.

Dimp m Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Hindi, Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Fijian, Marathi, Gujarati, American
MEANING : direct, collect, throw... [more]

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.

Dinero m English (American, Rare)
Means "money" in the Spanish language.

Dink m American
Name of unknown origin in limited use in the 1800s in the US. Perhaps influenced by Dick 1 or Dirk.

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]

Diodemus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), English (American, Archaic)
Latinized form of Diodemos. A known bearer of this name was the American lawyer Diodemus Socrates Dorn (1860–1913), the father of the American textile designer Marion Dorn (1896-1964).

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

Diondra f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deondra.

Diondrae m African American (Rare)
Variant of Diondray.

Diondray m African American (Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

Diondre m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAndre.

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]

Dionisios m Greek (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dionysios.

Dionna f English (Modern)
Variant of Dionne.

Dionntae m English (Modern)
Variant of Deonte; blend of Dion and Dante.

Diontae m & f English
Variant of Deonte.

Diontay m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deonte.

Dionte' m African American (Modern)
Variant of Deonte.

Diontha f English (American)
Variant of Diantha.

Diontre m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of DeAndre.

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.

Dirik m German (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Shortned form of Dietrich, compare also Dirk.

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

Diron m English (American, Rare)

Dirus m English (Rare)
In Latin the adjective dirus as applied to an omen meant "dire, awful."

Dishanti f African American

Dishawn m African American
variant of Deshawn

Dishon m Hebrew (Rare), African American
The name of a few minor characters in the Hebrew Bible. It means “Antelope” in Hebrew.

Disney f & m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Disney, given after American filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966) and his company.

Dith m Sanskrit, Hindi, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Indian, Kannada, Nepali, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Fijian, American, Sinhalese
MEANING : a handsome dark - complexioned man convesant with every branch of learning , a wooden elephant ... [more]

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 (Rare), 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").