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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".
Dilyayra f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
yayra- meaning "to feel free, to enjoy, to rejoice, to have fun".
Dilyéhé f Navajo (?), AstronomyMeans "planting stars" in Navajo. This is the Navajo name of the star cluster known in English as the Pleiades.
Dilyora f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
yor meaning "friend, lover".
Dilzor f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dil meaning "heart" and
zor meaning "entreaty, plea, need, desire".
Dimbisoa m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
dimby meaning "successor" and
soa meaning "good".
Dimien m & f IjawMeans "God's work" or "the hand of God" in Ijaw.
Dimity f English (Australian, Rare)The name given to a type of lightweight sheer cotton fabric used for bed upholstery and curtains, used as a female given name mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Dimmey f Icelandic (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
dimma "darkness" or
dimmr "dark" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Din f Popular CultureName of the Goddess of Power, Fire and Earth in Zelda. Accociated with the colour Red.
Din f & m HebrewDin, or Deen, "דִּין" (Dean), is the male or other version of the name Dinah, "דִּינָה" (Dina/ Deena), it means Judged by gid, or God's gudgment. "דִּינוֹ שֶׁל אֱלֹהִים"
Dina f Svan, GeorgianMeans "girl" or "daughter" in Svan. In Georgia, this name is also the Georgian form of
Dinah and can also be a short form of
Dinara.
Dina m & f MalagasyMeans "declaration, pact, accord" in Malagasy.
Dinara f Georgian, LiteratureIn Georgia, the usage of this name started in honour of the Georgian princess and queen Dinara of Hereti (10th century), who belonged to the Bagrationi dynasty and is venerated as a saint in the Georgian Orthodox Church.... [
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Dindonette f LiteratureDerived from French dindon, meaning "turkey", combined with a diminutive suffix. Dindonette is the name of a fairy in the French fairy tale "A Fairy's Blunder". She casts a spell on an island's water fountain to make the old young again and the young older, but with disastrous consequences.
Dindora f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dindor meaning "pious".
Dindrane f Arthurian CycleOf uncertain origin, probably from Welsh
Danbrann which was possibly derived from Middle Welsh
dawn "gift" or
dwn "brown, dark" and
bran "raven". Dindrane is historically the sister of Perceval, one of King Arthur's knights... [
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Dine f DutchShort form of feminine names that end in
-dine, such as
Bernardine and
Gerdine. In practice, however, Dine is also frequently used as a short form of feminine names that end in
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Dingxi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
玎 (dīng) meaning "jingling, tinkling" and
溪 (xī) meaning "mountain stream".
Định m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 定
(định) meaning "appoint, assig, intend, plan".
Dĩnh m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 穎
(dĩnh) meaning "clever, skillful".
Dinkyene m & f AkanDerived from
di meaning "eat" and
nkyene meaning "salt". In Akan culture, the idea of 'eating salt' symbolises being alive, and this name acts as a mean of encouraging the child to live.
Dino f JapaneseFrom Japanese 椿 (di) meaning "camellia flower" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Dionassa f Ancient GreekDerived from Greek Διός
(Dios) meaning "of Zeus" and ἄνασσα
(anassa) "queen, lady" (feminine form of ἄναξ
(anax) "master, lord").
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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Dionise f Arthurian CycleA medieval form of
Dionysia used in the 13th-century Arthurian tale
Les Merveilles de Rigomer, where it belongs to the queen of Rigomer Castle in Ireland.
Dionyza f TheatrePresumably a feminine form of
Dionysos. This was used by Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' (1607).
Diopatre f Greek MythologyThe name of a naiad of a spring of the river Sperkheios on Mount Othrys in Malis (northern Greece). She was loved by the god Poseidon, who transformed her sisters into poplar-trees in order to seduce her unhindered... [
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Diora f EnglishFeminine form of
Dior. A known bearer of this name is American actress Diora Baird.
Diotaleva f ItalianMedieval name given to foundlings or infants with precarious health, probably at the basis of the Italian surname Diotallevi, in turn given to foundlings.
Diotalleva f ItalianMedieval name given to foundlings or infants with precarious health, probably at the basis of the Italian surname Diotallevi, in turn given to foundlings.
Diotallevia f ItalianMedieval name given to foundlings or infants with precarious health, probably at the basis of the Italian surname Diotallevi, in turn given to foundlings.
Diotima f Ancient Greek, German, LiteratureFeminine form of
Diotimos. Greek seer and philosopher Diotima of Mantinea was Socrates' teacher in Plato's 'Symposium'. The name also belonged to characters in Robert Musil's 'The Man without Qualities' and Hölderlin's novel 'Hyperion', the latter of which inspired a score by Italian composer Luigi Nono: 'Fragmente-Stille, an Diotima' (1980).
Diphda f AstronomyFrom Arabic ضِفْدَع (
ḍifda') "frog", taken from the phrase ضفدع الثاني (
aḍ-ḍifdaʿ aṯ-ṯānī) meaning "the second frog". This is the name of a star in the constellation
Cetus.
Dirvolira f Baltic MythologyLithuanian goddess whose name and function are a complete mystery. She was recorded in documents written by Jesuit monks between 1580 and 1620.
Dís f LiteratureThe only feminine dwarf named in the work of J.R.R. Tolkien.... [
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Disa f Swedish, Old SwedishFrom a medieval Swedish form of the Old Norse name
Dísa, a short form of other feminine names containing the element
dís "goddess". This is the name of a genus of South African orchids, which honours a heroine in Swedish legend... [
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Disaaka m & f AkanMeans "you deserve saying it" in Akan.
Disciplina f Roman MythologyDerived from Latin
disciplina, meaning "instruction; discipline". In Roman mythology, Disciplina was a minor deity and the personification of discipline.
Dísella f Icelandic (Modern)Combination of the Old Norse name element
dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or
dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin" and
Ella 2.
Dishuang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
爽 (shuǎng) meaning "bright, clear, happy, cheerful, refreshing".
Disizara f SovietContraction of дитя, смело иди за революцией
(ditya, smelo idi za revolyutsiyey) meaning "child, follow the Revolution boldly".
Ditiro m & f ShonaMeaning "acts" or "actions". Deriving from the verb
kuita.
Diva f English (Rare)From Italian
diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin
dīva (“goddess”), female of
dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
Diva f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Nepali, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam"Daytime"
Divine f & m English (Rare), FilipinoThis name is derived from the word of the name meaning "eternal, heavenly, holy, godlike" (from Old French
devin, which, in turn, derives from Latin
divinus meaning "of a God").
Divonne f English (Modern, Rare), African AmericanDivonne les Bains is a popular spa town in France. I have read that Divonne derives from the original Celtic, meaning "divine water". The only famous holder of the name is Divonne Holmes a Court, the New York-born wife of Australian billionaire businessman Peter Homes a Court.
Divota f CorsicanCorsican form of
Devota. Saint Devota (
Santa Divota in Corsican) is the patron saint of Corsica and Monaco.
Divyani f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)MEANING - Divine, celestial, heavenly, magical, agreeable ... [
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Diwen f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns".
Dixiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
迪 (dí) meaning "enlighten, progress" and
笑 (xiào) meaning "smile, laugh".