This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is English.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
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.
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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Diora f EnglishFeminine form of
Dior. A known bearer of this name is American actress Diora Baird.
Diva f English (Rare)From Italian
diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin
dīva (“goddess”), female of
dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
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.
Dobie m & f EnglishFrom the English word
dobie. The name of a character called Dobie Gillis from the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". Also known bearers of this name were the American singer-songwriter Dobie Gray (1940-2011), and American baseball player Dobie Moore (1895-1947).
Domino f Popular Culture, English (Rare)Short form of
Dominique. It was used by author Ian Fleming in his James Bond novel 'Thunderball' (1961), where the nickname belongs to Bond's Italian love interest
Dominetta "Domino" Vitali (renamed Dominique "Domino" and simply Domino in the 1965 and 1983 film adaptations, respectively)... [
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Dondi m & f Popular Culture, EnglishFrom a comic strip first published in 1955. In this comicstrip, Dondi was an Italian orphan asking for his parents saying "dondi" all the time. In the comic strip this comes from people calling him
dandy boy.
Donita f Spanish, English (American)Spanish diminutive of
Donata. As an English name, Donita may perhaps have been derived from Spanish
doñita meaning "little lady", which is comparable to how
Donna was derived from Italian
donna meaning "lady".... [
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Doon f & m English, LiteratureTransferred use of the surname
Doon. Known bearers of this name include the American writer Doon Arbus (b. 1945) and the British comedian Doon Mackichan (b... [
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Dorliska f Theatre, English (American, Archaic)Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) is an operatic dramma semiserio in two acts by Gioachino Rossini based on the novel
Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas (1787–1790) by the revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, whose work was the source of the
Lodoïska libretto set by Luigi Cherubini (1791), and
Lodoiska set by Stephen Storace (1794), and Simon Mayr (1796).
Dorrit f English, LiteratureTransferred use of a surname deriving either from
Durward or
Dorothy. Made famous by Charles Dickens in his novel
Little Dorrit (1855-7) and first-name usage probably derives from it... [
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Dracaena f English (Rare)From the name of a genus of about forty species of trees and succulent shrubs, which is the Latinized form of Greek δράκαινα
(drakaina) meaning "she-dragon", the feminine form of δράκων
(drakon) - compare
Drakon... [
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Dree f & m English, AmericanDree Hemingway is Mariel Hemingway's daughter. (Born Dree Crisman.)
Drema f EnglishEither a variant of
Dreama, or from the Slavic surname derived from Proto-Slavic
*drěmati "to sleep, nap, doze".
Dresden f & m English, Popular CultureFrom the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian
Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".
Drisana f English (Rare), Indian (Rare, Expatriate, ?)Meaning uncertain, though popularly claimed to mean "daughter of the sun" in Sanskrit. Supposedly it occurs in Hindu mythology as a name (perhaps a title or epithet) of the Dānava demon Virochana (a son of Prahlāda and father of Bali)... [
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Druella f English, LiteratureFeminine version of the masculine abbreviated form of
Andrew,
Drew. It is also the name of Druella Black (née Rosier) –wife of Cygnus Black, mother of Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa Black - out of the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling.
Dublin f & m English (Modern)From the English name of the capital city of Ireland, which derives from Gaelic
Duiḃlinn. This is not used on Irish children.
Dulie f & m English (?)No known origin nor meaning. a person with this given name was Dulie Delic an athlete for the Geelong SC.
Dune m & f EnglishEarly 17th century from Dutch
duin, from Middle Dutch
dūne, probably ultimately from the same Celtic base as
down3.
Dust f English (Puritan)Simply from the English word, apparently used as an English translation of Hebrew
Aphrah (see
Aphra) from the biblical passage: 'Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust' (Micah 1:10)... [
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Dylanda f EnglishCombination of the Welsh name, Dylan, meaning “born of the ocean”, and the Latin name, Amanda, meaning “worthy of love”.
East m & f EnglishFrom the English word, from the Old English
ēast-, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic
*aust- "east; toward the sunrise". It is also used as a short form of
Easton.
Eclipse f & m English (Rare)From the English word
eclipse (derived from Latin
eclipsis, ultimately from the Greek verb ἐκλείπω
(ekleipô) meaning "to fail", i.e. fail to appear); a solar eclipse is when the sun and moon are aligned exactly so that the moon casts a great shadow over the Earth; a lunar eclipse is when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a bright slither of light... [
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Ecru f English (American, Rare)From the English word
ecru, the color of unbleached silk or linen, which is from the French
écru, meaning "raw" or "unbleached".
Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, SwedishShort form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example
Edeltraud,
Edelgard.... [
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Edris f English (Rare)Feminine form of
Edric. This was the birth name of Anglo-Irish ballet dancer Ninette de Valois (1898-2001).
Eduene f EnglishMeaning unknown. The name of Joan Didion's mother. Possibly from
ead "rich" with a diminutive suffix.
Edwilda f English (American, Rare)Technically, it is possible that this given name is derived from
Eadwild, which is a corruption or misspelling of the Anglo-Saxon name
Eadhild, but this is very unlikely, seeing as Eadwild has only been encountered once in that particular capacity so far... [
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