DivonnefEnglish (Modern, Rare), African American Divonne 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.
DixianafPopular Culture, Central American (Rare) Elaborated form of Dixie. It was used for the title character, a circus performer, in Dixiana (1930), a film set in the southern United States in the antebellum period.
DiyanahfMalay, Indonesian Derived from Arabic ديانة (diyanah) meaning "religion, creed".
DjanirafBrazilian Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914-1979) was a Brazilian painter, illustrator and engraver, known for her naïve depictions of Brazilian common life.
DjedhormAncient Egyptian From Egyptian ḏd-ḥr meaning "Horus says", derived from ḏd "to say, to speak" combined with the name of the god Horus... [more]
DobilasmLithuanian Derived from the Lithuanian noun dobilas meaning "clover".
DobinetmMedieval English, Theatre Medieval English diminutive of Robert, as it is a double diminutive of Dob. This was used by Nicholas Udall for a character in his comedy Ralph Roister Doister (written ca... [more]
DodalismArthurian Cycle A Saxon king who participated in the Saxon invasion of northern Britain in the early days of Arthur’s reign. He was killed by Agravain at the battle of Cambenic.
DodbertmMedieval French The first element of of this name is uncertain origin. It may possibly be either from Old High German toto meaning "sponsor, godparent" or Old High German *dodh meaning "judgement" together with Old High German beraht and Old Saxon berht from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz meaning "bright".... [more]
DogomarmSouth American In the case of Uruguayan boxer Dogomar Martínez (1929-2016), it is said to be a corruption of the title Don and Omar 1, which was supposed to be his registered birth name (and still called that by his old relatives and neighbours) that his Spanish father wanted to put on the civil register.
DokkaeofThai From Thai ดอก (dok) meaning "flower" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, diamond". This is also the Thai name for the orange jasmine (a type of flower).
DolaanafTuvan Derived from Mongolian дулаан (dulaan) meaning "warm, kind".
DolfijnmDutch Dutch form of Adolf via Adolfinus. However, due to the exact similarity with the Dutch word dolfijn meaning "dolphin", there are probably cases where the parents intended to name their son after the marine mammal.
DolzurafSpanish (Philippines, Rare) Variant of Dulzura. Dolzura Cortez was the first Filipino with AIDS to publicly discuss her life and her experience living with HIV/AIDS.
DomabormPolish Derived from Slavic dom "house" combined with Slavic bor "battle" or borit "to fight".
DomawitmPolish Means "lord of the house", derived from Slavic dom "house" combined with Slavic vit or wit(o) "lord, master, ruler".
DombertmGermanic Derived from Gothic dôms (which is cognate with Old High German tuom) meaning "judgement" combined with Old High German beraht meaning "bright".
DomovoimLiterature From the name of a type of house spirit in Slavic folklore. It was used by author Eoin Colfer in his 'Artemis Fowl' series, in which it belongs to Artemis Fowl II's bodyguard, Domovoi Butler.
DomualdmGermanic Derived from Gothic dôms (which is cognate with Old High German tuom) meaning "judgement" combined with Gothic valdan meaning "to reign".... [more]
Dong-haemKorean From Sino-Korean 東 (dong) "east, eastern" and 海 (hae) "sea, ocean".
Dong-huimKorean From Sino-Korean 東 (dong) "east" and 熙 (hui) "bright, splendid, glorious".
DongjinmKorean From Sino-Korean 東 (dong) "east" and 眞 "real, actual, true, genuine".
Dongmeif & mChinese From Chinese 冬 (dōng) meaning "winter" or 东 (dōng) meaning "east" combined with 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot", 妹 (mèi) meaning "younger sister, girl" or 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful"... [more]
Dongraof & mChinese From the Chinese 冬 (dōng) meaning "winter" and 娆 (ráo) meaning "graceful, charming, fascinating".
Dong-rimmKorean From Sino-Korean 東 (dong) "east, eastern" and 林 (rim) "forest, grove".
Dong-wanmKorean From Sino-Korean 烔 "heat" and 完 "complete, finish, settle; whole".
DoraurafItalian, Literature Possibly a contraction of names Dora and Aura. It appears in tragicomedy "L'Armelindo" (1664) by Francesco Maria de Luco Sereni and in a novel "Il Floridoro ò vero Historia del conte di Racalmuto" (1703) by Gabriele Martiano.
DorichafAncient Greek Derived from the name Δωρίς (Doris) and a diminutive suffix, effectively meaning "little Dorian woman". This is possibly the real name of the hetaera Rhodopis.
DorigenfLiterature Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. This is the name of the faithful wife in 'The Franklin's Tale', one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
DorilasmArthurian Cycle A Knight of the Round Table and the nephew of King Nentres of Garlot. He fought with his uncle against the Saxons at the battles of Broceliande and Clarence.
DorletafBasque Derived from the name of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Dorleta which is located in the town of Leintz Gatzaga in the Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country in Spain. She is considered the patron saint of cyclists in Spain.
DorrigomLiterature The name of a town in New South Wales whose name was originally Don Dorrigo, from either the Gumbaynggirr word Dunn Dorriga, meaning "tallowwood tree", or from dundorrigo, meaning "stringybark tree"... [more]
DostanafSerbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare) Derived from the word for "enough" (dosta). Given to a child whose parents wish for that child to be their last, as there are already too many children in the family.
DoszhanmKazakh Derived from Kazakh дос (dos) meaning "friend" combined with жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
DothiasmFrisian Derived from duif or duive meaning pigeon.
DotschyfRomani The name of the Jazz singer and Sinti activist Dotschy Reinhardt.
DoutzenfWest Frisian, Dutch Feminine form of Douwe, which possibly started out as a patronymic meaning "son of Douwe". The name has been rising in popularity since 2007, because of the Frisian model Doutzen Kroes (who rose to fame that year).
DoychinmBulgarian Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be related to Bulgarian дой (doy) meaning "milking" or доя (doya) meaning "to milk" as well as "to suckle, to breastfeed, to nurse". Also compare Dojčin.
Do-yeongm & fKorean From Sino-Korean 道 "path, road, street; method, way" and 永 "long, perpetual, eternal, forever".