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Cybi m Welsh
Possibly derived from Celtic *kob(o)- "victory". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded Caergybi (the Welsh name for Holyhead).

Cyborea f Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Name of the mother of Judas Iscariot in apocryphal Christian scriptures, most notably in "The Golden Legend".

Cygnus m Astronomy
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.

Cyhha m Anglo-Saxon
An unrecorded Old English name, the meaning of which is uncertain. It was perhaps a nickname derived from Proto-Germanic *kokh- "cough".

Cylinda f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Celinda, perhaps influenced by the name Cyndy or the English word cylinder referring to the shape or the barrel of a gun.

Cymochles m Literature, Arthurian Cycle
From the Greek elements κῦμα (kyma) meaning "swell of the sea, wave, billow" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this is the name of a knight characterized by indecision and fluctuations of the will... [more]

Cymopolea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κυμοπόλεια (Kymopoleia) meaning "wave walker", derived from κῦμα (kyma) "wave, billow" and the verb πολέω (poleô) "to go about, range over"... [more]

Cymry f English
Means ''Welsh'', plural of Cymro ''Welshman''.

Cynara f Literature
A Greek "plant" name, from a genus of thistles, of which a leading member is the purple flowered artichoke.... [more]

Cyndie f English
Variant of Cindy.

Cyndy f English (American), English (Canadian)
Diminutive of Cynthia. Also compare Cyndi.

Cynedyr m Arthurian Cycle, Welsh Mythology
Character that appears in Culhwch and Olwen.

Cynegar m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements cynn "rank, family, kin", or possibly the related cyne "royal", and gar "spear".

Cynegyð f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and guð "battle", making it a cognate of Cunigund... [more]

Cynelaf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements cyne meaning "royal" and lāf meaning "legacy" (from Proto-Germanic *laibō).

Cynemund m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements cyne "royal" (related to cynn "rank, family, kin") and mund "protector, guardian", making it a cognate of Cunimund.

Cynesi m Anglo-Saxon
Form of Cynesige found in the Phillimore edition of Domesday Book.

Cynestan m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and stan 1 "stone".

Cyneswið f Anglo-Saxon
From Old English cyne "royal" and swiþ "strong". Saint Cyneswide was a younger sister of Saint Cyneburga.

Cyneva f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of Cynegifu.

Cyneweald m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and weald "powerful, mighty".

Cynewig m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and wig "war, battle".

Cynewine m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements cyne "royal" and wine "friend".

Cynewulf m Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal wolf", from Old English cyne "royal" and wulf "wolf". This name was borne by an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon poet as well as a king of Wessex.

Cynfran m Medieval Welsh
Derived from Welsh cyn "chief" and bran "crow, raven". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Welsh saint. He was one of the sons of Saint Brychan.

Cynisca f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Kyniska. Cynisca was born c. 440 BC and was a Greek princess of Sparta. She became the first woman in history to win at the ancient Olympic Games... [more]

Cynosura f Astronomy, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kynosoura) which meant "dog's tail", a derivative of κύων (kyôn) "dog" (genitive κυνός (kynos)) and οὐρά (oura) "tail"... [more]

Cynthanie f American (Modern, Rare)
Likely a blend of Cynthia and Stephanie.

Cynthea f English (Rare)
Variant of Cynthia.

Cynwal m Old Welsh, Brythonic
Derived from Proto-Celtic *kū meaning "dog" and *walos meaning "prince, chief".

Cynwold m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Cyneweald.

Cynwy m Anglo-Saxon
Form of Cynewig found in the Phillimore edition of Domesday Book.

Cyparissus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Kyparissos. In Greek mythology, he was a boy beloved by Apollo.

Cyprine f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Possibly a contracted form of Cypriane.

Cyr m French (Rare)
French form of Cyrus or Cyriacus.... [more]

Cyrène f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Cyrene.

Cyrenia f History, Indonesian (Rare)
Feminine form of Cyrenius. This was the name of a saint from the Roman province of Cilicia in southern Anatolia, who was martyred by burning in 306 at Tarsus, in persecutions of Galerius.

Cyrenius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Κυρήνιος (Kyrenios) which is of unknown meaning, perhaps from the Greek place name Cyrene.... [more]

Cythera f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κύθηρα (Kythera), the name of an island of Greece, as well as an ancient town on the island. In Greek mythology, Cythera was the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, being the island to which she first arrived after emerging from the sea, and the source of her epithet Kythereia (Latin: Cytherea)... [more]

Daanish m Pakistani
Possibly a variant of Danish.

Dabney m English
Transferred use of the surname Dabney.

Dacheca f Haitian Creole
Variant of the Russian name Дашка (Dashka), a diminutive of Darya 1 (via Dasha). In the 1960s and 1970s it became popular in Haiti, along with other Russian names such as Nadège, Natacha and Manoucheka.

Dachelin m Medieval English, Anglo-Norman
Probably a Romanic diminutive of Germanic names such as Dagobert that begin with the element tac meaning "day".

Dachelle f African American
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix da and Michelle.

Dade m American (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Dade.... [more]

Daedrian m English (Modern)
Altered form of Adrian, perhaps influenced by the sound of Dedrick or Deidre.

Dægberht m Anglo-Saxon
Old English cognate of Dagobert, derived from the elements dæg "day" and beorht "bright".

Dæging m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements dæg "day" and the name suffix -ing.

Daekwon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dayquan.

Daelyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Dale and the popular name suffix lyn, probably based on similar-sounding names such as Kaylyn, Raelyn and Shaelyn.

Daelynn f English (Modern)
Variant of Daelyn.

Daena f Persian Mythology
The name of a Zoroastrian divinity, taken from the Gathic Avestan daēnā or Sanskrit dhénā and is variously translated as "conscience", "religion", "understanding" or "that which is observed"... [more]

Daezja f American
Variant of Deja.

Dafrosa f Late Roman (?), History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning uncertain. According to legend, Saint Dafrosa was the mother of Saint Bibiana.

Dagbjört f Icelandic
Means "bright day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and bjǫrt "bright, shining" (from bjartr).

Dagfari m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" and -fari "farer", from the verb fara "to go, to travel" (compare Náttfari and Sæfari).

Dagfinnur m Icelandic (Rare), Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Dagfinnr.

Dagfríður f Icelandic
Means "beautiful day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and fríðr "beautiful" (originally "beloved").

Dagmann m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr meaning "day" and maðr meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).

Dagonet m Arthurian Cycle
Meaning unknown, possibly from Old English dæg "day". Dagonet or Daguenet was a witless Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, usually described as the king's fool. Introduced in the Prose Lancelot, he becomes Arthur's beloved court jester in Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and Tennyson's Idylls of the King.

Dahud f Breton Legend
Possibly derived from Breton da meaning "good" and hud "magic". In Breton legend this was the name of a princess, the daughter of the king of the mythical sunken city of Ys. She was portrayed as a wicked sorceress in some versions of the legends.

Daian m Judeo-Arabic

Daiana f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Dayana.

Daida ?f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Possibly derived from Guanche *dăyda meaning "newborn lamb that is still being suckled by its mother". This name was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century; the sex and age of the bearer were not recorded... [more]

Daidre f English (Modern)
Variant of Deidre.

Dáidu m Sami
Means "skill, knowledge" in Sami. Its Finnish cognate is Taito.

Daijuan m African American
Variant of Dejuan.

Daily f Estonian (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Daile and Ly.

Daimen m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Damon.

Daimon m Greek Mythology, English (American)
As a modern English name, this is used as a variant of Damon.

Dáinn m Norse Mythology
Means "died" in Old Norse (the past participle of the verb deyja "to die"). This is the name of three characters in Norse mythology: a dwarf, a representative of the elves, and one of the stags that graze on the branches of Yggdrasill.

Dainora f Lithuanian
Means "desire for a song" (and thus refers to someone who either wishes to sing or desires to hear a song), derived from the Lithuanian noun daina meaning "song" (see Daina) combined with the Lithuanian noun noras meaning "wish, desire", which is ultimately derived from the Lithuanian verb norėti meaning "to wish, to want, to desire".

Daiquiri f English (American, Rare)
From the English word daiquiri for the alcoholic drink, which was taken from a Cuban place name.

Daira f Latvian

Daisha f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.... [more]

Daizha f & m African American
Variant of Deja.

Dajanae f African American (Modern)
Variant of Dejanae.

Dajaneek f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejanique.

Dajuan m African American (Modern)
Variant of Dejuan. It can be spelled Dajuan or with a capitalized third letter as DaJuan.

Dakari m African (?), African American (Modern)
Variant of Dakarai.

Dalary f American (Hispanic, Modern)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps an elaboration of Dalia 1. This was used by Mexican-American singer Larry Hernandez for his second daughter born 2013... [more]

Dalena f English (Rare)
Possibly a short form of Magdalena or a variant of Delina. Apparently this is also used as a feminine elaboration of Dale.

Dalett f American (Hispanic, Modern)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps an elaboration of Dalia 1. This was used by Mexican-American singer Larry Hernandez for his third and youngest daughter born 2020... [more]

Daljit m & f Indian (Sikh)
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਦਲਜੀਤ (see Daljeet).

Dallán m Irish
Means "little blind one", from Irish dall "blind" combined with a diminutive suffix. The nickname was borne by an Irish poet saint of the 6th century.

Dalmacio m Spanish, Galician, Cebuano
Spanish and Galician form of Dalmatius.

Dalmatios m Late Roman (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Dalmatius.

Dalmatius m Late Roman, Dutch (?), German (?)
From Latin Dalmatius meaning "Dalmatian, of Dalmatia". This was the name of a 4th-century Roman emperor who was a nephew of Constantine. It was also borne by several early saints.

Dalrós f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rós meaning "rose".

Dalrún f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Damamli f Eastern African
beautiful vision

Damanpreet f & m Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)

Damara f Celtic Mythology
In Celtic mythology, Damara was a fertility goddess worshipped in Britain. She was associated with the month of May (Beltaine).

Damarco m African American, Bajan, Jamaican Patois
Variant of Demarco.

Damarcus m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeMarcus.

Damareon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Damarion.

Damarius m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix da and Marius, in a similar fashion to Damarion.

Damarkiss m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of DeMarcus.

Damarko m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Demarco.

Damas m Ancient Greek

Damascus m English (American, Rare)
From the place name Damascus.

Damasen m Greek Mythology
Means "tamer, subduer", derived from Greek damazô (or damasô) "to subdue" (compare Damian, Damon). This was the name of a giant hero in Lydian myth whom the Greeks may have identified with Herakles... [more]

Damasiy m Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Damasos.

Dàmasu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Damasus.

Dameon m English
Variant of Damian.

Dami m & f Igbo, Yoruba
Short form of Damilola.

Damir m Tatar, Russian, Soviet
Soviet-era name based on the Russian phrase Да здравствует мировая революция! (Da zdravstvuyet mirovaya revolyutsiya!) meaning "Long live world revolution!", referring to the Marxist concept of world revolution.

Damita f African American, American (South), Louisiana Creole
Allegedly from the Spanish word damita meaning "little lady" (a diminutive of dama "lady, dame", ultimately from Latin domina). This name was popularized in the 1960s by American singer Damita Jo DeBlanc (1930-1998).

Dammy f Theatre
Used by English dramatist Richard Brome for a character in his play The Weeding of Covent Garden (performed ca. 1633, printed 1659), where it is a diminutive of Damaris.

Dammy m & f Nigerian, Yoruba
Diminutive of Damilola and other Yoruba names containing dam.

Damoklea f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Damokles.

Damothaleia f Ancient Greek
Derived from δᾶμος (damos) meaning "the people", a Doric Greek variant of δῆμος (demos), and the Greek adjective θάλεια (thaleia) meaning "rich, plentiful" (from the verb θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom").

Danae f African American, English (American)
Combination of the phonetic elements da and nay.

Danali f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Denali.

Danasia f African American (Modern)
Modern name, probably based on the sounds found in other names such as Deja, Danae 2 and Denisha.

Danay f English (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
English variant of Danaë and Spanish variant of Dánae.

Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar m Obscure (Rare)
Borne by Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar Williams, baptized on 18 January 1676 at the parish church of Old Swinford in England, whose father also bore this name. The original bearer was likely born at around the time of the English Civil War (1642-1651) and his name appears to mock Puritan eccentricity.

Dandara f Brazilian, History
Dandara was an Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil and was part of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who freed themselves from enslavement, in the present-day state of Alagoas... [more]

Dandre m African American (Modern)
Variant of DeAndre.

Danea f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Danaë.

Daneille f English (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Possibly an anagram of Danielle influenced by Tennille.

Danfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements danr meaning "Dane, Danish" (compare Danr) and fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved"... [more]

Dangerose f History
Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic name. This was borne by the maternal grandmother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Daniette f English (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Daniel. See also Danette.

Danios m Southern African (Rare, ?)

Daniqua f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements da, nee and qua. It can also be viewed as a variant of Danica.

Danit f Hebrew
Feminine form of Dan 1.

Danival m Icelandic
Icelandic name of uncertain derivation, possibly an altered form of Daníel. It has been suggested that the suffix -val was inspired by Old Norse valr meaning "the slain (in Valhalla)" or the name Perceval.

Dankin m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Daniel.

Dannah f English (Modern)
Variant of Danna (the spelling perhaps influenced by that of the rhyming name Hannah).

Danneel f English
Possibly an altered form of Danielle influenced by Tennille.

Dannet m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Daniel.

Dannette f English (American)
Variant of Danette.

Danno m Irish, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Daniel. This was borne by Irish Gaelic footballer Daniel "Danno" O'Keeffe (1907-1967) and Irish wrestler Danno O'Mahony (1912-1950). A fictional bearer is Danny "Danno" Williams, a young police officer on the television police drama series Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980).

Danyeli f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), South American (Rare), Brazilian (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Apparently an altered form of Daniela.

Daph f English
Short form of Daphne.

Daphna f Hebrew
Variant transcription of Dafna.

Daphney f South African, Haitian Creole
Variant of Daphne.

Daphnie f English
Variant of Daphne.

Daphrose f French (African, Rare)
French form of Dafrosa (via Latin Daphrosa).

Daquanda f African American (Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Daquan using the same suffix found in names such as Yolanda, LaWanda and Lashonda.

Daráine f Irish (Rare)
Allegedly means "daughter of Áine" (from the Old Irish prefix der "daughter" and the name of the Irish goddess Áine)... [more]

Darana m & f Indigenous Australian, Indigenous Australian Mythology
According to the legend of the Aboriginals, the original settlers of Australia, Darana was one of the Deities during Dreamtime (the time before humans occupied Earth).... [more]

Darci f English (American, Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern)
Variant of Darcy.

Darcilla f English (Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Drusilla, or an elaboration of Darcy with the clearly feminine ending illa.

Dardanella f English (Rare), Popular Culture
From the name of the Dardanelles, one of the straits that separate European Turkey from Asian Turkey. The place name apparently derives from the name of Dardanos, son of Zeus and Electra in Greek myth.... [more]

Dardanus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Dardanos.

Dare f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dare. It was borne by Canadian American photographer and author Dare Wright (1914-2001).

Dares m Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology

Dargmara f Medieval Slavic
Wendish form of Dragomira.

Darice f African American
Intended to be a feminine form of Darius, using the name suffix ice.

Dariela f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a feminine form of Dariel or an elaborated form of Daria.

Darine f Arabic

Darkus f American (South)
Appalachian vernacular form of Dorcas.

Darlaine f English
Variant of Darlene.

Darlee f English (Modern)
Variant of Darlene using the popular name suffix lee.

Darlena f Polish (Modern, Rare), English (American)
English variant and Polish borrowing of Darlene.

Darlie f English
Diminutive of Darlene.

Darlien f English (American, Rare), Flemish
Variant of Darlene.

Darline f English, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), Haitian Creole, Dutch (Antillean), Flemish
French and Flemish borrowing of Darlene, as well as an English variant.

Darnelle f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form or variant of Darnell.

Darqueze m African American (Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning, possibly influenced by Marquise.

Darquinton m African American
Combination of prefix dar with Quinton.

Darraty f Manx (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Dorothy.

Darrian m & f English
Variant of Darian.

Darrion m English (Modern)
Variant of Darian.

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

Darryll m English
Variant of Darrell.

Darsameen f Urdu (Rare)
Possibly means "pearl of great price" from Arabic دُرّ‎ (durr) "pearl" (compare Durr) and ثَمِين‎ (ṯamīn) "valuable, precious" (compare Sameen).

Dartanian m English (American, Rare)
Anglicized form of D'Artagnan. A known bearer of this name is the American up-and-coming child actor Dartanian Sloan.

Daryle m & f English (American)
Variant of Daryl.

Darylyn f English (Modern)
Combination of Daryl and the popular name suffix lyn.

Daryogul f Tajik, Uzbek (Rare, ?)
Composed of Tajik дарё (daryo), Uzbek daryo meaning "river" and Tajik гул (gul), Uzbek gul meaning "flower".

DaSean m African American
Combination of the popular phonetic prefix da and the name Sean, making it a variant of Dashawn.

Dashay f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements da and shay. It can be spelled Dashay or with a capitalized third letter as DaShay.

Dashik f Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Darya 1. See also Dasha.

Dasia f Russian (?)
Variant of Dasha.

Dasia f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja, possibly influenced by the spelling of Asia.

Dastan m Persian Mythology, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "story, legend" in Persian. This is another name for Zal, a character in the Shahnameh epic.

Daði m Icelandic, Old Norse
From Dáði, an Old Norse diminutive of Davíð. Alternatively it may have been a diminutive of Dagr, or an Old Norse form of Irish Dáithí or Saxon Daþa.

Dativa f Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical), Eastern African, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine form of Dativus. This was the name of a 5th-century Christian martyr from North Africa. It is mostly used in Eastern Africa (mainly in Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda).

Datsko m Medieval Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Rare)
Diminutive or vernacular form of an unknown name. There were 147 cossacks with this name in 1649 Zaporozhian Army register.... [more]

Datya f Hebrew (Rare)
Means "God's religion" in Hebrew, from דָּת (dat) meaning "religion" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Daulayefa m Ijaw
Means "nothing can be compared to a father" in Ijaw.

Daunte m English (Modern)
Variant of Dante.

Dauntless m Theatre, Popular Culture
The word dauntless can be traced back to Latin domare, meaning "to tame" or "to subdue."

Dauvit m Scots
Scots form of David.

Davante m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Davar m African American (Rare)
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix da and the name Levar.

Davaree m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Davari, which is possibly an invented name based on names such as Davon, Dakari, Javari and Levar.

Davaughn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Devaughn.

Daveion m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Davion.

Davian m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davion.

Davidella f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare feminization of David by way of combining it with the popular feminine name suffix -ella.

Davine f English (Rare), Dutch
Variant of Davina.

Davita f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Davida.

Davonta m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devante.

Davontae m African American
Variant of Devante.

Davrusha f Yiddish
Allegedly a Yiddish form of Deborah.

Davydd m Welsh (Rare)
Variant of Dafydd.

Dawnetta f English
Elaborated form of Dawn. Also compare Dawna, Donetta and Donnetta.

Dawnette f English, Jamaican Patois
Possibly an elaborated form of Dawn influenced by Danette.

Dawsey m Literature
Transferred use of the surname Dawsey. Also a diminutive of Dawes. It was the name of a character in the novel 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' (2008) by Mary Ann Shaffer.

Dayami f Spanish (Caribbean), American (Hispanic)
Meaning unknown. Dayami Sánchez (1994-) is a Cuban volleyball player.

Dayamy f Spanish (Caribbean, Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dayami.

Dayán m & f Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)
Perhaps intended to be the masculine form of Dayana or a femenine variant of Diane reflecting the English pronunciation.

Dayanara f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Possibly an elaboration of Dayana or a variant of Deyanira. This is borne by Dayanara Torres (1974-), a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, writer and former Miss Universe.

Daydreanne f English (Modern, Rare), Obscure
Presumably a feminine form of Dadrian, the spelling altered to resemble the word daydream. This spelling appears to be unique.

Dayenne f Dutch (Modern), Dutch (Surinamese, Modern, Rare)
A more phonetical spelling of Diane, perhaps based on Dayana or Cheyenne.

Dayla f English (American)
Possibly a feminine form of Dale, or a variant of Dahlia.

Daylene f English (American, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Dale using the popular suffix lene.

Dayquan m African American (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, using the phonetic elements day and quan, and sharing a sound with other names such as Daquan and Raekwon.

Daysha f African American (Modern)
Variant of Deja, or simply a combination of the popular phonetic elements day and sha.

Dayshanae f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements day, sha and nay. Also compare Dejanae, Dajanae.

Dayshawn m African American
Combination of the phonetic element day with the name Shawn.

Daysia f African American (Rare)
Variant of Deja.

Daytona f English (Modern), German (Modern, Rare)
Possibly from the name of Daytona Beach, a coastal city in northeastern Florida (U.S.), which was founded in 1870 by Mathias Day, Jr., and is famous for its car races. It could also be thought of as a feminine variant of Dayton.

Dayvene f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Davine.

Dayvion m African American (Modern)
Variant of Davion.

Dayzie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Daisy.

D'brickashaw m African American (Rare)
In the case of former American football player D'Brickashaw Ferguson (1983-), it is inspired by de Bricassart, the surname of a character in the 1977 novel and 1983 television miniseries 'The Thorn Birds'... [more]

Dea f Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovene, English, Albanian, Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latin dea "goddess" and a short form of Dorotea, Andrea 2 and Desideria... [more]

Déaglán m Irish
Original Gaelic form of Declan.

Déagol m Literature
Means "apt to hide, secretive" in Old English. This name was invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for a minor character in his novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954). This is the Old English translation or cognate of the "true" Westron name Nahald (as Tolkien pretended that his writings were translated from the fictional 'Red Book of Westmarch')... [more]

Deandrea f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Andrea 2 (compare Deandra, DeAndre, Deanna).

Deane m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Dean.

Deann f English (Rare)
Variant of Deanna.

Deano m English (Rare)
Most likely a diminutive of Dean (compare Danno), or possibly an anglicized variant of Dino.

Deantae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Deonte. It can be spelled DeAntae or Deantae.

DeAsia f African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Asia 1, or a variant of Deja.

Debanhi f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Possibly an Hispanic variant of Devany. This is chiefly used in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Debbera f English (Rare)
Variant of Deborah.

DeCarlos m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Carlos.

Decker m American (South), English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Decker. This was used for a character on the American soap opera General Hospital: Decker Moss, a character that debuted on the show in 1989.

Dédé m Picard
Diminutive of André.

Dedra f English (American)
Variant of Deidra.

Deeanna f English (American)
Variant of Deanna. It can be spelled Deeanna, DeeAnna or Dee Anna.

Deeanne f English (Rare)
Variant of Deanne.

Deenie f English (American)
Diminutive of feminine names ending in deen, dene or dine. For example, Wilmadeene 'Deenie' Fenner is the protagonist of Judy Blume's young adult novel Deenie (1973).

Deepesh m Indian
Variant of Dipesh.

DeEtta f English (American)
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Etta.

Defendens m History (Ecclesiastical), Late Roman
Derived from Late Latin defendere meaning "to defend, to protect". The soldier-saint Defendens of Thebes (Italian: San Defendente di Tebe) was, according to Christian tradition, a member of the Theban Legion, and thus martyred at Agaunum... [more]

Deg'u f Circassian
Means "good" in Adyghe.

Dei m Welsh
Welsh short form of David.

Deian m Welsh
Originally a diminutive of Dafydd and Dewi 1, used as a given name in its own right.

Deidad f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "deity" in Spanish, a word derived from Latin deitās (which in turn was coined by Augustine of Hippo, who derived it from Latin deus meaning "god").

Deidamia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized), Theatre
From Greek Δηιδάμεια (Deidameia), possibly derived from δηιόω (dêioô) "to destroy" (cf. Deianira) and δαμάζειν (damazein) "to tame"... [more]

Deidara m Popular Culture
Deidara means clay bender in japanese... [more]

Deilwen f Welsh
Means "white leaves" from Welsh dail "leaves" (singulative deilen) combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed".

Deimachus m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Δηΐμαχος (Deimachos), derived from δηιόω (deioo) meaning "to slay" (compare Deilochos) and μάχη (mache) meaning "battle"... [more]

Deina f Basque (Hispanicized, ?), Spanish (?)
Allegedly a Hispanicized form of Deiñe.

Deino f Greek Mythology
Possibly derived from Greek δεινός (deinos) meaning "fearful, terrible, dread, dire" or δίνη (dine) meaning "whirlpool, eddy". This was the name of several characters in Greek myth.

Deinomache f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Deinomachos. This was the name of Alcibiades' mother.

Déionée m Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Deioneus.

Deioneus m Greek Mythology
Said to mean "ravager" from Greek δηιόω (dêioô) "to cut down, slay; to waste or ravage a country" (compare the first element in Deianeira). This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology.

Deirdra f English
Variant of Deirdre.

Deisya f Indonesian (Rare)

Dej f African American (Modern)
Short form of Deja in the case of American rapper Dej Loaf (1991-), real name Deja Trimble.

Dejanae f African American
Combination of Deja and the common phonetic suffix nay, or else a combination of the popular name prefix de and Janae.

Dejanai f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dejanae.

Dejanique f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix de with the name Janique. It could also be an elaboration of Deja using the suffix sound -nique (from names such as Dominique, Monique and Unique).

Dejanira f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Polish, Portuguese
Variant transcription of Deianira. This was the form used for the main belt asteroid 157 Dejanira (discovered in 1875 by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly).

Déjanire f French (Rare), French (Cajun, Archaic), Theatre
French form of Deianeira (or Deïanira, Dejanira). Déjanire (1911) is an opera (tragédie lyrique) in 4 acts composed by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto in French by Louis Gallet and Camille Saint-Saëns.

De'jean m African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Jean 1 (compare Deshawn, Dejuan), perhaps inspired by the French place name Dijon.

DeJuan m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix de and Juan 1.

Dekontee f & m Western African
Translates to the following: In God's Time or Time will tell or Patience.

Deku m Popular Culture
From Japanese 木偶 (deku) meaning "useless person". This is the nickname of Izuku Midoriya, the main protagonist of the manga series My Hero Academia (first released in 2014).

Delaina f English (Modern)
Elaboration of Delaney, probably influenced by Alaina.

Delancey f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Delancey.

Delarivier f English (Rare, Archaic), Obscure
Transferred use of the French and Walloon surname Delariviere. This was borne by the English author and playwright Delarivier "Delia" Manley (ca... [more]

Delby m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Delby.

Delece f English (Rare)
Variant of Delice.

Delesha f English (Modern)
Variant of Delicia.

Delillian f English (Modern), English (Rare)
Combination of Delilah and Lillian.

Délima f French (Quebec)
Probably a shortened form of French Rose-de-Lima, in which case it means "of Lima". Saint Rose of Lima (French: Rose de Lima; 1586-1617) was born in Lima, Peru, and the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a Catholic saint.

Delina f Dutch
Contracted form of Deliana.

Delinda f Italian, Faroese, Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adelinda.

Delinda f African American (Modern)
Probably a combination of the popular name prefix De and Linda (compare Celinda, Belinda, Melinda, Delicia, Delise), though it was previously a medieval short form of Adelinda (see Adalind) or other Germanic names with a similar sound; Saint Gundelinda (see Gundelind), for example, has been referred to as Saint Delinda.

Delisa f English (Modern)
Variant of Delicia. In some cases it may be a combination of the popular name prefix De and Lisa.

Delise f English (Modern)
Apparently a later variant of Delice. This occurred in the 1970s. In the United States Delisa, Delesha, Delisiah, Delisha, etc., are found... [more]

Deliverance f English (Puritan)
From the English word deliverance meaning "action of setting free" in physical or spiritual senses. An especially common name given in regard to the perils of child birth.

Dellanira f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Deyanira.

Deller f American (South, Archaic)
American English regional (Appalachian) variant of Della. Also see Dellar.

Delmain m South African

Delmara f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Delmira influenced by Spanish del mar "of the sea". As an American given name it may be thought of as a feminine form of Delmar.

Delmira f Spanish
Short form or variant form of Edelmira. A bearer of this name is Delmira Agustini (1886-1914), an Uruguayan poetess.

Delois f English
Transferred use of the surname Delois or combination of popular prefix De- with the name Lois 1.

Delpha f English (American, Rare)
Possibly originated as a short form of Philadelphia or Delphine.

Delphi f English (Rare), English (British, Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Perhaps originally a diminutive of Delphine, Delphia or Philadelphia, or a direct borrowing of the ancient Greek place name (see Delphi).

Delphinus m Astronomy
Means "dolphin" in Latin. Delphinus is a constellation of a dolphin located on the northern sky near the celestial equator.

Delphy f English
Variant of Delphi.

Delpreet m & f Indian (Sikh, Rare, Expatriate), Punjabi (Rare, Expatriate)

Delsie f English (Rare)
Likely a variant of Dulcie influenced by Elsie.

Deluvina f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Perhaps a combination of Della and Lavina. This was borne by Deluvina Maxwell (died 1927), a Native American slave and the girlfriend of American outlaw Billy the Kid at the time of his death.

Delvene f English (Australian, Rare), American (South, Rare)
Possibly an English alteration of Delphine.

Delvonte m African American (Rare)
Blend of Delvin and Devonte.

Delysia f English (Rare)
Variant of Delicia.

Demainete f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Demainetos. This is the name of a character in the 3rd-century novel Aethiopica, written by Heliodorus of Emesa.

De'mar m African American
Combination of David and Lamar.

Demarco m African American
Combination of the popular name prefix De and Marco.