Submitted Names in Quebec

Dewitt m English
Derived from a Dutch surname that was originally written as De Witt (it is common for Dutch immigrants to an English-speaking country to write their surname as one 'word', to make it easier to write for the citizens of that particular English-speaking country), it literally means "the white one"... [more]

Dexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Dexanna.

Dexton m English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Dex and the popular suffix -ton.

Dextra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dexter.

Dexx m English, Dutch
Variant of Dex.

Dexy m English
Diminutive of Dexter.

Dey f English (Rare)
Dey Young is an American actress and sculptor. She is the sister of Leigh Taylor-Young.

Deyla f English
Variant of Dayla.

Dey'lon m African American, English
Variant of Daylon.

Deyna f English
Variant of Dana 2.

Dez m English
Variant of Des.

Dezarae f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezeray f English (Modern)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezirae f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

Deziray f English (Rare)
Variant of Desiree.

Dezlyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Dezlynn f English (Modern, Rare)

Dezmond m English
Variant spelling of Desmond.

Deztiny f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Destiny.

Dezzi m & f English
Diminutive of Desiree, Desmond, and other names that start with the similar DEZ- sound.

Diah f English (Rare)
Variant of Dia.

Diahann f English (Rare)
Variant of Diane. Notable bearer of this name is the American actress Diahann Carroll (1935-2019), whose birth name was Carol Diann Johnson.

Dialyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Potentially a modern combination of the prefix Dia-, and popular suffix -lyn.

Diamonique f African American (Rare), English (Rare)
Presumably a variant of Dominique influenced by the English word diamond.

Dian f English
Variant of Diane.

Dianah f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

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

Dianelle f English (Rare)

Dianette f English (Rare), Central American
Combination of Diane with the suffix -ette.

Dianthe f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Diantha.

Diaz m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the Spanish surname Díaz. In the UK, it's more often a unisex name.

Dica f English (Rare)
Variant of Dice.

Dice f Greek Mythology (Latinized), English (Rare)
Latinized form of Dike. It was occasionally used as a given name in the English-speaking world of the 1800s.

Dice m English
From the English word "dice", the plural of die, referring to "a polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance, typically in gambling".

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”.

Dicken m English
Variant of Dickon.

Dicki m English, Indonesian
Variant of Dicky.

Dickie m English
Diminutive of Richard.

Dickson m English, Scottish
Transferred use of the surname Dickson.

Dicky m English, Indonesian
Diminutive of Richard or William.

Didace m French (Archaic)
French form of Didacus.

Didéric m French (Archaic)
French form of Diederik (also compare Diderich and Diderik)... [more]

Didérique f French
Feminine form of Didéric.

Didiane f French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Didier.

Didière f French (Archaic), French (Caribbean, Rare)
Feminine form of Didier.

Didine f French
French pet form of Léopoldine.

Didyme f & m Ancient Greek, Literature, French (Rare, Archaic)
As a feminine Ancient Greek name, this is the feminine form of Didymos. It was borne by a mistress of the 3rd-century BC Egyptian king Ptolemy II Philadelphus... [more]

Dieana f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dieanna f English (Rare)
Variant of Diana.

Dieanne f English (Rare)
Variant of Diane.

Diedra f English (Rare)
Variant of Deirdre.

Diègue m French (Archaic)
French form of Diego, used alongside the equally archaic Didace.

Diem f English
Transferred 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.

Dierdre f English
Variant of Deirdre.

Diéric m French (Archaic)
Shorter form of Didéric, thus making it a more archaic form of Thierry. Compare also Déric.

Dierks m English
Transferred use of the surname Dierks.

Dierry m French (Archaic)
Variant form of Thierry.

Diéry m French (Archaic)
Variant form of Diéric.

Diesel m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Modern given name, sometimes transferred use of the surname Diesel.

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

Diezel m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diesel. This name was used by American singer Toni Braxton and musician Keri Lewis for their son born 2003.

Dikki f English (Rare)
Variant of Rikki, influenced by Dick 1

Diko m & f English

Dil m English
Diminutive of Dylan.

Dilan m English (Modern), Spanish (Modern), Portuguese (Modern), French (Modern), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dillard m English
Transferred use of the surname Dillard.

Dillian f English, Dutch

Dillin m English (Modern)
Variant of Dylan.

Dillion m English (Modern)
Either a variant of Dillon or a transferred use of the surname Dillion.

Dillyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dillynn m & f English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Dylan.

Dilon m English (Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dilton m English
All I know is that Dilton is an Archie character.

Dilynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan using the popular suffix lynn.

Dimanche m French (Archaic)

Dimanche f French (Archaic)
Means "Sunday" in French.

Dimitre m English

Dimitry m French
Variant of Dimitri.

Dimmy m French
Diminutive of Dimitri.

Dimple f English (Rare), Indian
From the English word dimple, likely of Germanic origin; related to German Tümpel "pond".

Dimples f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dimple.

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

Dinorah f English, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Theatre
Possibly derived from Aramaic dinur (also denur) meaning "of fire", derived from di "of" and nur "fire, light". Because of the similarity with the Hebrew word din "trial, judgement", this name is sometimes seen as a more elaborate form of the name Dinah... [more]

Diogène m French (Belgian, Rare), French (Archaic)
French form of Diogenes.

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

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... [more]

Dionna f English (Modern)
Variant of Dionne.

Dionntae m English (Modern)
Variant of Deonte; blend of Dion and Dante.

Diontae m & f English
Variant of Deonte.

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

Dirmid m English (Canadian)
Simplified form of Diarmaid.... [more]

Dirus m English (Rare)
In Latin the adjective dirus as applied to an omen meant "dire, awful."

Ditty f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of Diede (Dutch) and Edith (Dutch and English). Also compare Didi, Ditte and Dietje.

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

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

Divine f & m English (Rare), Filipino
This 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").

Divinia f English (Rare)

Divonne f English (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.

Dixee f & m English
Variant of Dixie.

Diz m English (Rare)

Dizière f French (Archaic)
Feminine form of Dizier found up until the 1700s.

Djay m English (Rare)
Variant of Deejay.

Djorn m Dutch, English

Dobbe m English
Medieval diminutive of Robert.

Dobie m & f English
From 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).

Docey f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of vernacular form of Docia.

Doctrové m French (Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Doctrovée.

Dodgen m English
Elaboration of Dodge.

Dodger m English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
From the English word dodger meaning "one who dodges; one who avoids, evades, or sidesteps". Traditionally a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name. Fictional bearers include Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, a character from Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838) who befriends Oliver and entreats him to join Fagin's team of young pickpockets, as well as the title character in Terry Pratchett's 2012 novel Dodger (loosely based on Dickens' Dodger) and Mark 'Dodger' Savage, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks (introduced 2011)... [more]

Dodi f & m English (Rare)
As a feminine name, it's a variant of Dodie. ... [more]

Dodo f English
Variant of Dodie, a diminutive of Dorothy. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Dolores and other names beginning with Do.

Dods f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Doha f French

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

Dolene f French (Rare)

Dolinde f French (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Archaic French vernacular form of Adelinde found in the Poitou-Charentes region. Today, the name is occasionally found in the Netherlands and in Afrikaans-speaking South Africa... [more]

Dolley f English
Variant of Dolly.

Dollye f English
Variant of Dolly.

Dolorette f English (American, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Combination of Dolores with the suffix -ette.

Doloris f English (Rare)
Variant of Dolores.

Dolphus m English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Truncated form of Adolphus.

Domanic m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dominic.

Domenick m English
Variant of Dominic.

Domes f Indigenous American (Americanized, Rare)
Casa grande Domes on Thornton road Arizona was a structure that help those around the land have good health! Despite rumors

Domi m & f English
Diminutive of names beginning with Domi including Dominic, Dominique and others.

Domini m English (Modern, Rare)

Dominiquette f French (Archaic)
Diminutive of Dominique.

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)... [more]

Dominyck m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Dominick, which itself is a variant of Dominic.

Domithilde f French (Quebec)
Variant of Domitille influenced by Mathilde.

Domitien m French (Belgian), French (Rare)
French form of Domitian.

Domitienne f French (Belgian, Rare), French (Rare)
Feminine form of Domitien.

Domitilde f French (Acadian), French (Quebec)
Variant of Domitille influenced by Mathilde.

Domitile f Louisiana Creole, French (Rare)
Variant of Domitille.

Domonic m English (Modern)
Variant of Dominic.

Domonick m English (Rare)
Variant of Dominic.

Donasha f English (Rare)

Donate f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
French form of Donata. This French given name is also in use in the Netherlands, where it is about equally rare.

Donatelle f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rare diminutive of Donate.

Donathilde f Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Donatille influenced by names ending in -hilde.

Donatian m English
English form of Donatianus.

Donatilde f Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Donatille.

Donavan m English
Variant of Donovan.

Donavin m English
Variant of Donovan.

Donavon m English
Variant of Donovan.

Donda f English

Dondi m & f Popular Culture, English
From 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.

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

Donetta f English
Elaboration of Danette.

Doni f English
Diminutive of Donalda Donna Donella Donaldina or Donnelle, also a feminine diminutive form of Donald

Donick m English (Rare)

Doniel m English
Combination of the names Donald and Daniel.

Donielle f & m African American, English
Unisex variant of Donal, Donald, Donnell, Donelle and other names containing the same sound.

Donmichael m English (Rare)
Combination of Don and Michael.

Donn m English (Rare)
Variant of Don.

Donnae f English (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a feminization of Donnie, or a combination of Donna with a feminine name ending in -ae... [more]

Donnald m English (Rare)
Variant of Donald.

Donnamarie f English
Combination of Donna and Marie.

Donnarae f English
Combination of Donna and Rae.

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

Donnatello m English (Rare)
Rare English variant of Donatello.

Donnell m English
Variant of Donal.

Donnelly m English (American), English (Canadian)
Transferred use from the surname Donnelly.

Donni f & m English (Rare)
Variation of Donnie

Donnis f English

Donnovan m English (Rare)
Variant of Donovan.

Donold m English (Rare)
Variant of Donald.

Donrick m English (Rare)

Donsilla f English

Dònull m English
Form of Donald

Doogie m English
Diminutive of Douglas. This is the name of the titular character of the American comedy-drama television series 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' (1989-1993) portrayed by actor Neil Patrick Harris.

Doon f & m English, Literature
Transferred 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... [more]

Dor m & f English (Modern)
Short form of Dorian, Doris and other names that starting with dor.

Dorah f English (Rare), South African (Rare), African, Haitian Creole (Rare)
Variant of Dora.

Doraine f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Doralie f French (Rare), French (African, Rare)
French cognate of Doralia.

Doraline f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Elaboration of Dora combining it with the productive name suffix -line or else a combination of Dora and Line.

Doralyn f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and the popular name suffix -lyn.

Dorann f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Ann, perhaps used as a variant of Doreen or a feminine variant of Doran.

Dorastella f French (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Stella 1.

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

Dorathy f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorcie f English (Rare)

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

Dorene f English
Variant of Doreen.

Dorestine f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Louisiana Creole

Doretha f English
Likely a variant of Doretta.

Dorett f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorrit.

Dorette f French, French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese), Flemish, Afrikaans, German (Swiss)
Diminutive of Dora.

Dori f English
Variant of Dory.

Dorianne f French, French (Belgian), Flemish, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Doriane.

Dorice f English, French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Doris.

Dorien m French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Dorian.

Dorienne f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Maltese (Rare)
French feminine form of Dorien.

Dorilda f French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Acadian, Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian)

Dorilyn f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Variant of Doralyn.

Dorimène f French (Archaic), Theatre
Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'.

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.

Dorlah f English (Modern)
Variant of Dorla.

Dorlisa f English

Dorma f English (Rare)

Dorotha f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorothe f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

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

Dorothie f English (Archaic)
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorr m English
Transferred use of the surname Dörr.

Dorreen f English
Variant of Doreen.

Dorrett f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorrit.

Dorrie f English, Dutch
Diminutive of Dorothy, Doris, or other names containing the dor sound.

Dorrit f English, Literature
Transferred 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... [more]

Dorry f English
Variant of Dory.

Doryan m French
Variant of Dorian.

Dorynne f English (Rare)

Doryss f English
Variant of Doris.

Dosie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy or Theodosia.

Dosithée m French (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Dositheos via Dositheus.

Dossie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorothy, Eudoxia, Theodosia, and other names with a similar sound.

Dothan m English (Rare)
English variant of Dotan.

Dotsi f English
Variant of Dotsie.

Dotsie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Dotsy f English
Variant of Dotsie.

Dottye f English
Alternative spelling of Dotty.

Douce f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Judeo-French
Derived from French douce, the feminine form of the adjective doux "sweet; soft; mild, gentle" (ultimately from Latin dulcis "sweet" via Old French dous "soft; tender"), this name is a cognate of Dulcie.

Douceline f Medieval French, French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Doucelin. This name was borne by Douceline of Digne, a 13th-century Provençal mystic and Roman Catholic saint.

Doud m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doud.

Dougie m English
Diminutive of Douglas.

Doulce f French (Rare), Medieval French
Medieval French form of Douce.

Dousabel f English
Form of Dowsabel

Dousie f English
Form of Dousabel

Dowell m English
Transferred use of the surname Dowell.

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]

Dragon m English
Ancient Greek δράκων, Latin draco "dragon; snake".

Draik m English
Variant of Drake.

Dray m & f English
Variant of Dre.

Draya f English

Drayana f English (Rare)

Drayson m English (Rare)
Combination of Dray and the popular suffix -son.

Drayton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drayton.

Dreamer f & m English (Rare)
From the English word dreamer meaning "one who dreams; idler, daydreamer".

Dree f & m English, American
Dree Hemingway is Mariel Hemingway's daughter. (Born Dree Crisman.)

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

Dresden f & m English, Popular Culture
From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".

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

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

Dreyfus m English
Transferred use of the surname Dreyfus.

Dreyson m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayson.

Dreyton m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayton.

Dri m & f English, Brazilian
Short form of any name containing -dri-, such as Adrian or Adriana.

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]

Dristan m English (Rare)
Variant of Tristan.

Drover m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drover. It was used in the 2008 movie 'Australia' by Baz Luhrmann. The character Drover was played by Hugh Jackman.

Dru m English
Variant of Drew.

Drucilla f English
Variant of Drusilla.

Drucille f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Drusille.

Drue m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Drew.

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.

Drum m English
Diminutive of Drummond.

Drury m English
Transferred use of the surname Drury. Drury Lane is a famous street in London, home to the Theatre Royal, and well known as the nursery rhyme locale of The Muffin Man.

Drusella f English (Archaic)
Variant of Drusilla.

Dryden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dryden.... [more]

Drysen m English (Modern)
Variant of Dryson.

Duaine m English
Variant of Duane.

Duard m English
A diminutive of Edward or Eduard.

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.

Dubois m English
Transferred use of the surname Dubois.

Dubya m English
Nickname given to the former U.S. president George W. Bush (1946-) after the colloquial pronunciation of his middle initial.

Duchelle f French
the origin is not clear, it might derive from the french "douce", meaning "gentle".

Dud m English
Short form of Dudley.

Dudly m English
Variant of Dudley.

Duggie m English
Variant of Dougie.

Dukey m English
Diminutive of Duke.

Dukie m English, American (South)
Diminutive of Duke.

Dulcinée f French (Rare), Literature (Gallicized)
French form of Dulcinea. Due to the literary character, the name has become a poetic term describing an "inspiring, beautiful woman".

Dulie f & m English (?)
No known origin nor meaning. a person with this given name was Dulie Delic an athlete for the Geelong SC.

Dulsabell f English
Form of Dousabel

Dumaine m English, Literature
Dumaine, a character in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Dumaine and DuMaine are surnames.

Dumont m French
Transferred from the surname "Dumont".

Dunbar m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Dunbar.

Dune m & f English
Early 17th century from Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dūne, probably ultimately from the same Celtic base as down3.

Dunkan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Duncan.

Dunston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dunstan.

Durell m English (Modern)
Variant of Durrell.

Durlan m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (Rare)

Durriken m Romani, English
Means "he who forecasts" in Romani.

Durwood m English
Of Old English Origin, meaning "Gatekeeper"

Dusk m & f English

Dusky f English

Dustan m English (Modern)
Variant of Dustin.

Dustee m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Duster m English (Rare)
Famous bearers of this name include the British singer and musician Duster Bennett (1946-1976), and American baseball player Duster Mails (1894-1974).

Dustey m English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusti f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Dusty.

Dustie m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dustii m English
Variant of Dusty.

Dustina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dustin.