Saturday, July 26, 2014

Meaning for your Name - D

DACRE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria, of Brythonic origin meaning "trickling stream".
DAFFODIL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".
DAHLIA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
DAISY   f   English
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye"... [more]
DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [more]
DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.
DALEY   m   IrishEnglish (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]
DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]
DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]
DALY   m   IrishEnglish (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.
DAMIAN   m   EnglishPolishDutch
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]
DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN
DAMON   m   Greek MythologyEnglish
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]
DAN (2)   m   EnglishRomanianCzech
Short form of DANIEL
DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]
DANE   m   English
From an English surname which was either a variant of the surname DEAN or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark.
DANETTE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL
DANI (1)   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE
DANICA   f   SerbianCroatianSloveneSlovakCzechMacedonianEnglish
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus"... [more]
DANIEL   m   EnglishHebrewFrenchGermanSwedishNorwegianDanishPolishCzechSpanishPortugueseRomanianSlovene,CroatianMacedonianArmenianGeorgianBiblicalBiblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]
DANIELA   f   GermanPolishCzechRomanianItalianPortugueseSpanishSloveneEnglish
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANIELLA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANIELLE   f   FrenchEnglish
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]
DANIKA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DANICA
DANITA   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL
DANNA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)
DANNI   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE
DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL
DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL
DAPHNE   f   Greek MythologyEnglishDutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]
DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, which was derived from the name of the town of Derby, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.
DARCEY   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DARCY
DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France...[more]
DARDEN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.
DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN
DARIA   f   ItalianPolishRomanianEnglishCroatianLate Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]
DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN
DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN
DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]
DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN
DARIUS   m   EnglishLithuanianRomanianBiblicalBiblical Latin
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]
DARLA   f   English
Short form of DARLENE
DARLEEN   f   English
Variant of DARLENE
DARLENE   f   English
From the English word darling combined with the popular name suffix lene... [more]
DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]
DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.
DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]
DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN
DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]
DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DASHIELL   m   English (Rare)
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.
DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID
DAVENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA
DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID
DAVID   m   EnglishHebrewFrenchScottishSpanishPortugueseGermanSwedishNorwegianDanishDutchCzechSlovene,RussianCroatianSerbianMacedonianRomanianBiblicalBiblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]
DAVIDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DAVID
DAVIE   m   EnglishScottish
Diminutive of DAVID
DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.
DAVINA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of DAVID... [more]
DAVINIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA
DAVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID... [more]
DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID
DAWN   f   English
From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.
DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]
DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).
DAYNA   f   English
Feminine variant of DANA (2)
DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.
DEACON   m   English (Modern)
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refer to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Greek διακονος (diakonos) meaning "servant").
DEAN   m   English
From a surname, see DEAN (1) and DEAN (2)... [more]
DEANA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEANNA   f   English
Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN... [more]
DEANNE   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEB   f   English
Short form of DEBORAH
DEBBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBBY   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBORAH   f   EnglishHebrewBiblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]
DEBRA   f   English
Variant of DEBORAH
DEDERICK   m   English (Archaic)
Older form of DEREK
DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]
DEEANN   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEEMER   m   English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.
DEENA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]
DEFORREST   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEFOREST
DEIDRA   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE
DEIDRE   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE
DEIRDRE   f   EnglishIrishIrish Mythology
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]
DEITRA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DEIRDRE
DELANEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname: either the English surname DELANEY (1) or the Irish surname DELANEY (2).
DELANO   m   English
From a French surname, originally De la Noye, indicating that the bearer was from a place called La Noue (ultimately Gaulish meaning "wetland, swamp")... [more]
DELBERT   m   English
Short form of ADELBERT... [more]
DELIA (1)   f   EnglishItalianSpanishGreek Mythology
Means "of Delos" in Greek... [more]
DELIA (2)   f   English
Short form of ADELIA or BEDELIA
DELICE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DELICIA
DELICIA   f   English (Rare)
Either from Latin deliciae "delight, pleasure" or a variant of the English word delicious... [more]
DELIGHT   f   English (Rare)
Means simply "delight, happiness" from the English word.
DELILAH   f   BiblicalBiblical HebrewEnglish
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew... [more]
DELL   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.
DELLA   f   English
Diminutive of ADELA or ADELAIDE... [more]
DELMA   f   IrishEnglish
Short form of FIDELMA
DELMAR   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".
DELORA   f   English
Altered form of DOLORES
DELORES   f   English
Variant of DOLORES
DELORIS   f   English
Variant of DOLORES
DELPHIA   f   English
Possibly from the name of the Greek city of Delphi, the site of an oracle of Apollo, which is possibly related to Greek δελφις (delphis)"dolphin"... [more]
DELROY   m   English (Rare)
Possibly an alteration of LEROY
DELTA   f   English
From the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, Δ... [more]
DEMELZA   f   English (British)
From a Cornish place name meaning "fort of Maeldaf"... [more]
DEN   m   English
Short form of DENNIS
DENA   f   English
Possibly a short form of names ending with dena... [more]
DENE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEAN
DENHOLM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "valley island" in Old English.
DENICE   f   English
Variant of DENISE
DENIECE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DENISE
DENIS   m   FrenchRussianEnglishGermanCzechSlovakSloveneRomanianCroatian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]
DENISE   f   FrenchEnglishDutch
French feminine form of DENIS
DENNIS   m   EnglishGermanDutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS
DENNY   m   English
Diminutive of DENNIS
DENTON   m   English
From a surname, originally from a place name, which meant "valley town" in Old English.
DENVER   m   English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English... [more]
DENZEL   m   English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of DENZIL... [more]
DENZIL   m   English
From a surname which originally denoted a person from the manor of Denzell in Cornwall... [more]
DEON   m   EnglishAfrican American
Variant of DION
DEONNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DIONNE
DERBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DARBY.
DEREK   m   English
From the older English name Dederick, which was in origin a Low German form of THEODORIC... [more]
DERICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK
DERREN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARREN
DERRICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK
DERRYL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARRELL
DERYCK   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEREK
DES   m   English
Short form of DESMOND
DESIRAE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESIREE
DESIREE   f   English
English form of DÉSIRÉE... [more]
DESMOND   m   EnglishIrish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Deasmhumhain meaning "South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from that region in Ireland.
DESTINEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESTINY
DESTINY   f   English
Means simply "destiny, fate" from the English word, ultimately from Latin destinare "to determine", a derivative of stare "to stand"...[more]
DETTA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of names that end in detta.
DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEVEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEVEREUX   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname, of Norman French origin, meaning "from Evreux"... [more]
DEVIN   m & f   EnglishIrish
From a surname, either the Irish surname DEVIN (1) or the English surname DEVIN (2).
DEVON   m & f   English
Variant of DEVIN... [more]
DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DEX   m   English
Short form of DEXTER
DEXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English... [more]
DEZI   m   English
Diminutive of DESMOND and other names beginning with a similar sound.
DEZIREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DÉSIRÉE
DI   f   English
Short form of DIANA
DIAMOND   f   English (Modern)
From the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the birthstone of April... [more]
DIANA   f   EnglishSpanishItalianPortugueseCatalanGermanDutchRomanianRussianBulgarianLithuanianRoman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]
DIANE   f   FrenchEnglish
French form of DIANA, also regularly used in the English-speaking world.
DIANN   f   English
Variant of DIANE
DIANNA   f   English
Variant of DIANA
DIANNE   f   FrenchEnglish
Variant of DIANE
DIANTHA   f   DutchEnglish (Rare)
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
DICK (1)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of RICHARD... [more]
DIGBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse byr "farm, town".
DIGGORY   m   English (Rare)
Probably an Anglicized form of Degaré... [more]
DILLON   m   English
Variant of DYLAN based on the spelling of the surname Dillon, which has an unrelated origin.
DINA (1)   f   EnglishBiblical LatinBiblical Greek
Variant of DINAH, and also the form used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
DINAH   f   BiblicalBiblical HebrewEnglish
Means "judged" in Hebrew... [more]
DION   m   Ancient GreekEnglish
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS"... [more]
DIONE (2)   f   English
Feminine form of DION
DIONNE   f   English
Feminine form of DION
DIRK   m   DutchGermanEnglish
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]
DIVINA   f   English (Rare)
From an elaboration of the English word divine meaning "divine, godlike".
DIXIE   f   English
From the term that refers to the southern United States, used by Daniel D. Emmett in his song Dixie in 1859... [more]
DIXON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "DICK (1)'s son".
DOCIA   f   English
Possibly a diminutive of THEODOSIA
DODIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOLLIE   f   English
Variant of DOLLY.
DOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY... [more]
DOLORES   f   SpanishEnglish
Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows"... [more]
DOLPH   m   English
Short form of ADOLPH
DOM   m   English
Short form of DOMINIC
DOMENIC   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC
DOMINIC   m   English
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord"... [more]
DOMINICA   f   English (Rare)Late Roman
Feminine form of DOMINIC
DOMINICK   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC
DON   m   English
Short form of DONALD
DONA   f   English
Variant of DONNA
DONALD   m   ScottishEnglish
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"...[more]
DONELLE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DON
DONNA   f   English
From Italian donna meaning "lady"... [more]
DONNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD
DONNY   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD
DONOVAN   m   IrishEnglish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendent of DONNDUBHÁN".
DORA   f   EnglishDutchSpanishGreekCroatianSerbian
Short form of DOROTHYISIDORA or THEODORA
DOREEN   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix een... [more]
DORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of DORA
DORIA   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of DORIAN or an elaboration of DORA
DORIAN   m   EnglishFrench
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]
DORINDA   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix inda... [more]
DORINE   f   English
Variant of DOREEN
DORIS   f   EnglishGermanCroatianAncient GreekGreek Mythology
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more]
DORITA   f   English (Rare)Spanish
Diminutive of DORA
DOROTHEA   f   GermanDutchDanishNorwegianEnglishLate Greek
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος(theos) "god"... [more]
DOROTHY   f   English
Usual English form of DOROTHEA... [more]
DORRIS   f   English
Variant of DORIS
DORTHA   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY
DORTHY   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY
DORY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY or DORIS
DOT   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOTTY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOUG   m   English
Short form of DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS   m   ScottishEnglish
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, meaning "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]
DOVE   f   English
From the English word for the variety of bird.
DRAKE   m   English
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse given name Draki or the Old English given name Draca both meaning "dragon".
DRE   m   English
Short form of ANDRE
DREA   f   English
Short form of ANDREA (2)
DREDA   f   English (Archaic)
Short form of ETHELDREDA
DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW
DRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of ADRIANA
DRISCOLL   m   English (Rare)Irish
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".
DRISKOLL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DRISCOLL
DROGO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman name, possibly derived from Germanic (Gothic) dragen "to carry" or Germanic (Saxon) drog "ghost"... [more]
DRUMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.
DUANA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DUANE
DUANE   m   EnglishIrish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhán meaning "descendent of DUBHÁN".
DUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]
DUKE   m   English
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".
DULCIBELLA   f   English (Archaic)
From Latin dulcis "sweet" and bella "pretty"... [more]
DULCIE   f   English
From Latin dulcis meaning "sweet"... [more]
DUNCAN   m   ScottishEnglish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]
DUNSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements dun "dark" and stan "stone"... [more]
DURWARD   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.
DUSTIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more]
DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to people perceived as being dusty... [more]
DUTCH   m   English
From a nickname given to Americans of German descent... [more]
DWAIN   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DWIGHT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form ofDIONYSIUS... [more]
DYAN   f   English
Variant of DIANE
DYLAN   m   WelshEnglishWelsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]
DYSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of DYE".

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