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Cortana f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Curtana, from the Latin curtus, meaning "short", the name of the ceremonial sword used at the Coronation of British royalty. It is borne by an artificial intelligence creature in the Halo video game franchise, as well as Microsoft's virtual assistant, which was named for the character in the game.

Corvetta f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Corvette.

Corymbia f English (Australian)
Rare Australian name derived from the name of the tree.

Cosmia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek (Latinized, Rare), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοσμία (Kosmia), which meant "orderly, decent".

Costella f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Probably a feminine form of Costa.

Crecia f English (American, Archaic)
Short form of Lucretia.

Creina f English (British), English (Australian)

Creola f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Perhaps an invented name, based on the English word Creole, or on similar-sounding names such as Leola.

Cressa f English (Rare)
Short form of Cressida; previously a short form of Lucretia.

Cresta f English (Rare)

Cretia f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Crecia.

Crimilda f Portuguese, Spanish, English (American)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Kriemhild.

Crissa f English (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.... [more]

Crista f English, Dutch
Variant of Christa.

Cristabella f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Christabella.

Cristea f English
Variant of Christea.

Cristianna f English
Variant of Christiana.

Crysta f English (Rare)
Variant of Christa possibly influenced by Crystal.

Crystallina f English (Modern)
Elaboration of Crystal.

Crystella f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Chrystel.

Crystiana f English (Rare)
Variant of Cristiana.

Crystianna f English
Modern variant of Cristiana

Crystina f English (Rare)
Variant of Christina.

Cuba f English (American, Rare)
Derived from the place name Cuba, which refers to an island and country in the Caribbean Sea. It rose in popularity in the United States in 1898, when Spain lost the colony of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Culla f English (Rare)

Cuma f English (American, Rare, Archaic)

Cunegunda f English (Archaic)
Variant of Kunigunde.

Cushla f English (Australian, Rare), English (New Zealand, Rare)
Derived form Irish Gaelic cuisle "pulse". This name was created in the early 1800s from the Irish term of endearment cuisle mo cridhe (usually anglicized as Cushla Macree, in former times also Cushlamachree) which translates to "pulse of my heart"; it is popularly interpreted to mean "beat of my heart".... [more]

Cyana f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cyanna.

Cyanna f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Cyan.

Cyara f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ciara 2.

Cybilla f English
Elaboration of Cybill.

Cydonia f English (Rare)
From the former name of Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. It is also a poetic term for the island. In addition, it can be derived from Greek κυδωνιά (kydonia) meaning "quince tree" (itself from κυδώνι (kudoni), "quince"), ultimately from the name of the city.

Cyenna f English (Rare)
Variant of Sienna and Cyanna.

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.

Cylvia f English (Rare)
Variant of Sylvia. A known bearer is an American consultant and a 'de facto' First Lady of Oregon, Cylvia Hayes.

Cymantha f English (Modern)
Variant of Samantha.

Cymbelina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Cymbeline

Cymbria f English (Modern, Rare)

Cynda f English (Rare)
Variant of Cindy.

Cyndia f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Cyndi.

Cyndra f English (Rare)
Variant of Cindra.

Cyntha f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Cynthia.

Cynthea f English (Rare)
Variant of Cynthia.

Cynthiana f English (Rare)
Either an elaboration of Cynthia or a combination of Cynthia and Ana.

Cypriana f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), German (Rare), Romansh (Rare), Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Cyprian and Cyprianus.

Cyrella f English (Rare)

Cyrena f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a variant of Serena influenced by Cyrene. A notable bearer was American opera singer Cyrena van Gordon (1892-1964).

Cyria f French (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern)
Feminine form of Cyriacus.

Cyriella f English
A feminine form of Cyril and potential variant of Cyrielle

Czarina f Filipino, English
Feminine form of Czar.

Dacoda m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dakota (See also Dacota and Dakoda)

Dacota m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Dakota.

Daedra f English (Rare)
Variant of Deidra.

Dahlya f Indonesian (Rare), English (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dahlia.

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

Daisia f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Daja f Literature, English (Modern)
Name of one of the main characters in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic series.

Dakhota f & m English
Variant of Dakota.

Dakoda m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Dakota.

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.

Dalenna f English (American, Rare)

Dalina f English (Rare)
Variant of Delina.

Dalisha f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Delicia via its other variant Delisha.

Damilka f South Slavic, English
It derives from the slavic form of Damian, name that means "tamer" and the diminutive suffix -lka

Damya f French, English (Rare)
Feminine form of Damian.

D'Andra f English (American, Rare)
Most likely to be a feminization of the masculine name D'Andre.... [more]

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

Danelia f Spanish (Latin American), English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Probably a shift from Daniela. Regarding Latin American usage, it is mainly used in Nicaragua and neighbouring Honduras.

Danella f Swedish, English
Variant of Daniela.

Danessa f English (American, Modern)
Combination of Danielle and Vanessa.

Danetta f English
Variant of Danette.

Danielina f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Daniela or a feminization of Daniel.

Danniella f English (Rare)
Variant of Daniela/Daniella. British actress, Danniella Westbrook, bears this name.

Dannika f English (Modern)
Variant of Danika.

Danyela f Brazilian, English (American, Rare)
Variant of Daniela.

Danyella f English (Modern), Brazilian
Variant of Daniella.

Danyka f English (Modern)
Variant of Danica.

Darcia f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Swiss (Rare)
In English-speaking countries, this name is probably a variant of Darcy, one that may have been inspired by the name Marcia.... [more]

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]

Darena f English (American, Rare)
Feminime form of Daren.

Darianna f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Dariana.

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

Darlia f English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Elaborated form of Darla.

Darlina f Filipino (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Darlene.

Darrena f English
Feminine form of Darren.

Darva f English (American)
Origin unknown. This may be considered a feminine form of Darvin.

Darwina f English
Feminine form of Darwin.

Dashia f English (Rare)
Variant of Dasha.

Dashiella f English (Australian, Modern, Rare)
Feminization of Dashiell.

Davana f English (American)
Possible variant of Devana or Devona, or from the name of a plant called Davana.

Davanika f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Devonika.

Davetta f English (Rare)
Variant of Davida.

Davia f English, Italian (Rare), Corsican (Archaic)
Cognate of Davida.

Daviana f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Davianna.

Davianna f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Davian.

Davidena f English (Canadian)
Feminine form of David used in Prince Edward Island, Canada and possibly amongst Irish.

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

Dawna f English
Variant of Donna with the influence of "Dawn".

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

Dawnia f English (Rare)
Variant form of Dawn, which may possibly have come into being via its diminutive Dawnie. Also compare Dawnya.

Dayanna f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Dayana.

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

Daymia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Damia.

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.

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]

Deadra f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Deirdre.

Deama f English (Modern, Rare)

Deanda f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Deandra.

Deandra f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Diandra.

Debbera f English (Rare)
Variant of Deborah.

Debbra f English (American)
Variant of Deborah.

Debera f English (American)
Variant of Deborah.

Decca f English
Likely a variant of Deca, influenced by the famous record label Decca Records, founded in 1929 in England. Could also be a variable for any name containing the element -dec/k-.

Dederica f Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Archaic), English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Dederico (Italian and Spanish), English variant of Dedericka and Dutch variant of Diederika.

Dedericka f English
Feminine form of Dederick.

Dederika f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English variant of Dedericka and Dutch variant of Diederika.

Dedra f English (American)
Variant of Deidra.

Deeana f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Deana.

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

Deeda f English (?)

Deedra f English (Rare)
Variant of Deidra.

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

Dehenna f English (British)
From the name of British politician and MP Dehenna Davison.

Deia f English
Diminutive of Deianira.

Deira f English (American, Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)

Deirdra f English
Variant of Deirdre.

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

Delana f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Most likely a variant of Delane.

Delania f English

Delaphina f English (American, Rare)

Delara f English, African American (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Delara or combination of the popular prefix De- with Lara 1.

Delberta f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Delbert.

Delbertina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Delbert.

Delcena f English (American)

Delena f English
A combination of Dell and Selena.

Delenthia f English (American, Rare)

Delesha f English (Modern)
Variant of Delicia.

Deleta f English (Rare)

Delethia f English (American)

Delina f English (Rare), Sicilian, Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Romani
English truncated form of Adeline and Sicilian truncated form of Adelina. This name was borne by Delina Filkins, the first person verified to reach the age of 113, in 1928.

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

Delisia f English (American, Rare)

Deliska f English (American)

Dellia f English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)
Variant of Delia 1.

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.

Delmetta f English (Rare)

Delola f English (American, Rare)

Delonda f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

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

Delphinia f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Delphina.

Delthea f English (Rare), American (South, Rare)
Possibly a variation of the name Delphia.

Delthia f English (American)

Delvea f English

Delyla f English
Variant of Delilah.

Delysia f English (Rare)
Variant of Delicia.

Demera f English (American, Rare)

Demetricia f English (American, Rare)
Probably a combination of Demeter 1 or Demetria with Patricia or an other name that ends in -cia, such as Alicia and Felicia.

Demitra f Greek (Rare), English (Rare)

Demitria f Greek (Expatriate), English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Demetria.

Denalda f English
Possibly a variant of Donalda. A bearer of this name is Canadian actress Denalda Williams.

Denecia f English

Deneva f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Denika f English (Rare)
Variant of Danika.

Denina f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the popular name prefix De and Nina 1.

Denissa f English
Variant of Denisa.

Denita f English (American)
Variant of Danita.

Denna f English, Literature
The name of a character from the book series The Sword of Truth written by Terry Goodkind.

Denya f English
Likely a variant of Denia.

Deolinda f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Teolinda. This name was especially popular in Portugal and Brazil, having started rising in popularity in Brazil in the 1810s and Portugal in the 1880s... [more]

Deona f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Deonna f English (American), African American
Variant of Deonne or Deanna, or possibly a variant of Diana reflecting the Spanish pronunciation.

Dera f English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)

Dereka f English
Feminine form of Derek.

Deretha f English (Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Dereth to create a strictly feminine form of this name.

Derica f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), African American
Feminization of Deric.

Dericka f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Derick.

Derika f English
Feminine form of Derik.

Deronda f English (American, Rare)
This is regarded as a combination of the popular name prefix de and Rhonda, and can be spelled DeRonda or Deronda. Also compare Laronda, Sharonda... [more]

Derrica f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Derrick, influenced by Erica.

Desica f English (American, Rare), Indonesian (Rare)

Desira f English

Desna f English (Rare)
Appeared in the 1940s and then disappeared again. The equally mysterious Desne is found in the late 1930s and survived until the early 1950s. Desney also occurred in the 1940s and '50s... [more]

Destina f English (Rare)
Blend of Destiny and Tina.

Detra f English
Variant of Deitra.

Devara f English (Rare)
Variant of Devera.

Devida f English (Rare)
Variant of Davida.

Devinia f English (Rare)
Variant of Davinia.

Devona f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Devon to create a strictly feminine form of this name.

Devonika f English (American, Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Devon.

Devonna f English

Devra f English (Rare)

Dewilla f English

Dexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Dexanna.

Dexanna f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Dex and Anna.

Dextra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dexter.

Deyla f English
Variant of Dayla.

Deyna f English
Variant of Dana 2.

Diadamia f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Diademia.

Diamondia f English (American, Rare)
Elaborated form of Diamond.

Dianca f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a combination of Diana and Bianca.

Dianda f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diandra.

Diandra f Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Antillean), English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of Diana and Alexandra or Sandra.... [more]

Dianella f Spanish (Latin American), Italian, English (Rare)
Diminutive of Diana.

Diara f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Rhyming variant of Tiara/Kiara influenced by Diana.

Dica f English (Rare)
Variant of Dice.

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”.

Dieana f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dieanna f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Diedra f English (Rare)
Variant of Deirdre.

Diera f English (American, Rare)

Dietta f Medieval German, English
Medieval German variant of Theuda.

Dilliana f English (American, Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Dinora f English, Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
Variant of Dinorah.

Diona f English, Albanian
Feminine form of Dion. In some of the American cases, it may also be a variant of Diana.

Dionna f English (Modern)
Variant of Dionne.

Diontha f English (American)
Variant of Diantha.

Diora f English
Feminine form of Dior. A known bearer of this name is American actress Diora Baird.

Dirika f Dutch (Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Dirik.

Diva f English (Rare)
From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).

Divenna f English (American, Rare)

Dividina f English (Rare)
A possible elaboration of Divina.

Divinia f English (Rare)

Djuana f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Djuna.

Dlyla f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a spelling variation of Delilah.

Dolena f English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Variant of Dolina.

Dolleta f English (American, Rare)

Dolola f English (American)
Variant of Dolores, influenced by its nickname Lola

Domina f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname of Domina.

Donasha f English (Rare)

Donda f English

Donea f English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Possibly a form of Danae, or diminutive of Idonea, or a feminized version of Don or a variation or feminized version of any name beginning with Don.

Donelda f English (American), English (Canadian)
Variant of Donalda.

Donetta f English
Elaboration of Danette.

Donicia f English (American, Rare)

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".... [more]

Donnatella f Italian, English (Rare)
Variant of Donatella.... [more]

Donnita f English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Donsilla f English

Dorathea f English, Afrikaans, Dutch, Romansh
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorcasina f Literature, English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Dorcas used by American author Tabitha Gilman Tenney for the title character in her novel 'Female Quixotism, Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon' (1801).

Doreatha f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Doretha.

Dorelia f English (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American)
Elaboration of Dora.

Doresa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Doris.

Doretha f English
Likely a variant of Doretta.

Dorethia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorisa f English (Rare), Polish (Rare), Albanian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Dorissa f English
Elaboration of Doris.

Dorissana f English (Americanized, Rare)

Dorla f English (Modern)
A combination of Dora and Darla.

Dorlisa f English

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).

Dorma f English (Rare)

Dorotha f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorothia f English (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Dorothea.

Dortheya f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dosha f English (American)
Variant of Doshia.

Doshia f English (American)
Possibly a diminutive of Theodosia. (Cf. Docia.)

Doska f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Short form of Ladoska.

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... [more]

Draya f English

Drayana f English (Rare)

Dreama f English (American)

Drema f English
Either a variant of Dreama, or from the Slavic surname derived from Proto-Slavic *drěmati "to sleep, nap, doze".

Drewsella f English (Rare, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Drusilla.

Dreya f English (Rare)
Short form of Andrea 2.

Dria f English (Rare)
Short form of Adriana.

Driana f English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Possibly a truncated from of Adriana.

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)... [more]

Drucilla f English
Variant of Drusilla.

Druella f English, Literature
Feminine 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.

Druscilla f English (African, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drusilla.

Drusella f English (Archaic)
Variant of Drusilla.

Duayna f English (American, Rare)

Duodecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Femine form of Duodecimus.

Duryea m & f English (American, Rare)

Dustina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dustin.

Dwaina f English
Feminine form of Dwain.

Dyana f English
Variant of Diana.

Dyandra f English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Diandra.

Dyanna f English (Modern)
Variant of Diana.

Dyantha f English
Variant of Diantha.

Dylana f English, Dutch
Feminine form of Dylan.

Dylanda f English
Combination of the Welsh name, Dylan, meaning “born of the ocean”, and the Latin name, Amanda, meaning “worthy of love”.

Dyna f English
Variant of Dina 2.

Dzhuliya f English (Russified)
Form of Julia reflecting the English pronounciation, used by Russian speakers for Julias in the anglosphere.

Eadka f English (American)
Possibly an elaboration or diminutive of Eada.

Eanna f English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a female variant of Ean or a variant of Ianna. Eanna was given to 6 girls in 2014 according to the Social Security Administration.

Earla f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl

Earlena f English
Latinate form of Earline; variant of Erlena and Earleen.

Earletta f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl using the name suffix etta.

Earlina f English
Variant of Earline.

Ebilea f English (Rare, Archaic)

Edberta f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Edbert

Edgarda f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (Rare)
Feminine form of Edgardo.

Edia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)

Edlina f English (Rare)
Possibly either a contracted form of Edelina (compare Edeline) or an elaborated or diminutive form of Edla.

Edmondia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the name of the plant.

Edmonia f English, Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, French (Cajun)
Feminine form of Edmond.