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Diamoni f African AmericanDerived 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"... [
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Diao-chan f Chineseone of the four chinese beauties.the moon have to hide it faces because shame of her beauty.
Diaochan f Chinese MythologyDiaochan is the name of one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Her name literally means "sable cicada" in Chinese (貂
diāo "sable", 蝉
chán "cicada"), believed to have been derived from the sable tails and jade decorations in the shape of cicadas which adorned the hats of high-ranking officials in the Eastern Han dynasty... [
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Diaz m & f English (Rare)Transferred use of the Spanish surname
Díaz. In the UK, it's more often a unisex name.
Dib m & f HmongA Hmong name which is best known internationally as the rather unusual given name of Zim’s arch rival in Invader Zim.
Diba f LubaMeans "sun" in Tshiluba language spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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”.
Dichan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
婵 (chán) meaning "beautiful, lovely".
Dictynna f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Δίκτυννα
(Diktynna) which was associated with Greek δίκτυα
(diktya) "hunting nets". This was an epithet of the Cretan goddess
Britomartis, allegedly given for the fishermen's nets into which she leaped from Mount Dikte on Crete... [
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Didar m & f Persian, Kazakh, Pakistani, TurkmenThis name can be derived from the Persian noun دید
(did) meaning "sight, vision" as well as from the Persian noun دیدار
(didar) meaning "meeting, encounter, visit".... [
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Dide f TurkishOriginating from Ancient Persian, the Turkish name
Dide can be defined as "gözbebeği" or "göz" in modern-day Turkish. ... [
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Didi f & m DutchDiminutive of given names that contain the Germanic element
theud meaning "people", such as
Dieter (strictly masculine),
Diede (unisex),
Diederika (strictly feminine) and
Diete (unisex)... [
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Diedérique f DutchVariant spelling of
Didérique which is chiefly found in The Netherlands, where it is a nearly unique name (since 1880 it has had less than 50 bearers).
Diellza f AlbanianDerived from Albanian
diell "sun" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Dielo f Georgian (Rare)Meaning as of yet unknown. The available Georgian sources state that this name is of Georgian origin, but neglect to provide its meaning.... [
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Diễm f & m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 艷
(diễm) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" or 琰
(diễm) meaning "jewel, gem".
Diem f EnglishTransferred 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.
Điền m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 沺
(điền) meaning "wide and boundless water, turbulent water".
Dies f Roman MythologyIn Roman mythology Dies ("day") was the personification of day, and the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess
Hemera, the daughter of
Nox (Night) and
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Dietlana f GermanPossibly a combination of the name element
diet meaning "people" and the slavic element -lana (such as in
Swetlana.
Dietmut f & m GermanThe name is made of the name elements
diot meaning "people" and
muot meaning "sense, spirit, soul".
Dieufely f Haitian Creole (Rare)Derived from French
dieu "god" in combination with Haitian Creole
fè "to make" and
li "she; her", this name has the intended meaning of "God made her".
Diexi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
蝶 (dié) meaning "butterfly" and
熙 (xī) meaning "bright, splendid, glorious".
Dieyuan f ChineseDerived from the Chinese
蝶 (dié) meaning "butterfly" and
园 (yuán) meaning "garden, park, orchard" or
媛 (yuàn) meaning "beautiful woman".
Diffidence f English (Puritan)From late Middle English (in the sense ‘lacking confidence or trust in someone or something’) from Latin
diffident- ‘failing in trust’, from the verb
diffidere, from
dis- (expressing reversal) +
fidere ‘to trust’.
Dijesumu m & f Yoruba (Rare)Dijesumu means hold Jesus the name was translated from yoruba gods name to Christian which is Dorisamu, hold Orumila
Dijuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful".
Dikaiopolis m & f Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun δικαιόπολις
(dikaiopolis) meaning "strict in public faith", which consists of the Greek adjective δίκαιος
(dikaios) meaning "observant of custom, righteous, lawful, just" combined with the Greek noun πόλις
(polis) meaning "city".
Dikaya m & f ManjakMeans "is going nowhere" in Manjak. This name is given to protect the child from an early death.
Diki f TibetanFrom Tibetan བདེ་སྐྱིད
(bde-skyid) meaning "happiness".
Diklat f & m AssyrianAssyrian translation for "Tigris river" which flows through Iraq.
Diksa m & f AfricanMEANING "PLAY", USED BY THE YUNGUR PEOPLE OF THE ADAMAWA HIGHLANDS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA.NIGERIA.
Dilaram f Persian, Kazakh, KyrgyzMeans "quiet-hearted" or "peaceful-hearted", derived from the Persian noun دل
(dil) meaning "heart" (see
Avtandil) combined with the Persian adjective آرام
(aram) meaning "quiet, calm, tranquil"... [
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Dilavardisa f Georgian (Rare)The first element of this name is either derived from the Georgian noun დილა
(dila) meaning "morning" or from the Persian noun دل
(del) or
(dil) meaning "heart". The second element is derived from Georgian ვარდის
(vardis), which is the genitive of the noun ვარდი
(vardi) meaning "rose".... [
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Dilbaz f KurdishPerhaps from
dil meaning "heart" and
baz meaning "falcon, hawk".
Dildar m & f Persian, KazakhBasically means "one who holds a heart", derived from the Persian noun دل
(dil) meaning "heart" (see
Avtandil) combined with the Persian suffix دار
(dar) meaning "possessor" (see
Eldar)... [
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Dildor m & f Tajik (Rare), UzbekTajik and Uzbek form of
Dildar. This name is strictly masculine in Tajikistan, but unisex in Uzbekistan. It is used much more often on females than on males there, however.
Dilfirib f Ottoman TurkishMeans "deceitful heart", from Persian دل
(dil) meaning "heart" and فریب
(farib) meaning "deception, deceit".
Dilfiruza f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
firuza meaning "turquoise".
Dilhavas f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
havas meaning "desire".
Dilhumar f Kazakh (Rare), UyghurDerived from the Persian noun دل
(dil) meaning "heart" (see
Avtandil) combined with possibly Persian خمار
(humar) meaning "intoxicating" or "giving pleasure".
Dilian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
恋 (liàn) meaning "love, long for".
Dillena f Medieval WelshOf uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a Latinization of
Dulon and a derivation from the 'Medieval Welsh word
dillyn meaning, as an adjective, "beautiful, fine, neat, chaste", and as a noun, "a thing of beauty or elegance, ornament, precious thing, dear one, darling"'.
Dilnahor f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
nahor meaning "daytime, daybreak".
Dilnia m & f Kurdishdilnia means to know by heart, to be sure, certain, confident of (dil in kurdish means heart)
Dilnigar f UyghurMeaning unknown. Dilnigar Ilhamjan is a Uyghur Chinese cross-country skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Dilnozik f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
nozik meaning "fine, delicate".
Dilpreet f & m Indian (Sikh), PunjabiDerived from the Classical Persian word دل (dil), which was loaned into Old Punjabi and became the word ਦਿਲੁ (dilu) meaning "heart, mind, soul" and the Sanskrit word प्रीति (prīti) meaning "pleasure, joy, love".
Dilqiz f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
qiz meaning "girl".
Dilraba f UyghurPossibly a combination of Persian
دل (del) "heart, mind, courage" and an unknown second element. A known bearer is Dilraba Dilmurat (1992-), a Chinese actress of Uyghur descent.
Dilrabo f UzbekMeans "beloved one" in Uzbek. This is also the name of a traditional Uzbek 21-string instrument.
Dilruba f BengaliMeans "attractive, fetching, charming" in Bengali, ultimately from Persian دلربا
(delruba).
Dilruh f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
ruh meaning "spirit, soul".
Dilsevar f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
sevar meaning "loving".
Dilva f KurdishMeans "from the heart" in Kurdish, derived from
dil meaning "heart".