This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is archaic.
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Datus m Dutch (Rare, Archaic)Possibly derived from Latin
datus, meaning "given, offered" or "gift". In the Netherlands, it was occasionally given as a middle name in the nineteenth century, but it is not used at all these days.
Dazdrapertrak m Soviet, Russian (Archaic)Contraction of Russian Да здравствует первый трактор!
(Da zdravstvuet pervyy traktor!) meaning "Long live the first tractor!" This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names... [
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Dela m & f Ghanaian (Archaic)Dela is a name of Ghanaian origin. It can be used for both sexes. Dela has a strong meaning, that is “Savior". Used by the people of the Volta region.
Deodat m English (Archaic), Lengadocian, GasconEnglish, Languedocian and Gascon form of
Deodatus. This name was borne by Reverend Deodat Lawson, a minister in Salem Village from 1684 to 1688 who is famous for a 10-page pamphlet describing the witchcraft accusations in the early spring of 1692.
Desiata f Judeo-Italian (Archaic)Derived from Italian
desiata, the feminine form of the adjective
desiato, itself an obsolete and now poetic form of
desiderato/-a "desired, wished (for)".
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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Djoja f Bosnian (Archaic)Possibly a cognate of
Gaya. Alternatively, it could be derived from the Spanish word
joya, meaning "jewel".
Doctor m English (British, Archaic)Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’) via Old French from Latin
doctor ‘teacher’ (from
docere ‘teach’).
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).
Dudimir m Croatian (Archaic)The first element of this archaic name is possibly derived from Proto-Slavic
duda "(bag)pipe, whistle, flute". The second element is derived from either Slavic
mir "peace" or Slavic
mer "great, famous".