68%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Late Roman Meaning & History Derived from Latin desideratum meaning "desired". This was the name of a 6th-century French saint. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootdesiderareVariantDesideriusFeminine FormsDesiderata, DesideriaOther Languages & CulturesDesi(English) Désiré, Didier(French) Dezső(Hungarian) Desiderio(Italian) Desidério(Portuguese) Dezideriu(Romanian) Desiderio(Spanish) Categories desire, feelings, Latin words, saints