American Submitted Names

Donnette f American
Variant of Donnetta.

Donni f & m English (Rare)
Variation of Donnie

Donnia f American (South, Americanized, Modern, Rare, ?)
It's my great-grandmother's name. I assume it's a variation of Donia, a Scottish feminine variant of Donald. She was from southern Texas so possibly Spanish influence from Doña – A Spanish name related to Donna in Italian... [more]

Donnis f English

Donnita f English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Donnovan m English (Rare)
Variant of Donovan.

Donovon m American
Variant of Donovan.

Donques m African American (Modern, Rare)

Donquez m African American (Modern, Rare)

Donrick m English (Rare)

Donsilla f English

Dont'a m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dontae.

Donta m African American
Variant of Dontae.

Dontae m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dontai m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dontay.

Dontasia f African American

Dontavious m African American (Modern)
An invented name, probably based on Dante and Octavius.

Dontavis m African American

Dontavius m African American (Modern)
A well-known bearer of this name is the American football player Dontavius Jackson. His name seems to either have been completely invented by his parents, or they blended two or more established first names (for example, Dante and Octavius) into one name.

Dontay m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dontaye m African American
Variant of Dante.

Dontell m African American (Rare)
Perhaps a contraction of Donatello or an elaborated form of Donte (or Dontae, variants of Dante).

Dontrall m African American
Meaning unknown.

Dontray m African American
Blend of Donte with the phonetic element tre.

Dontre m African American (Modern)
Blend of Donte with the phonetic element tre.

Dontrell m African American
Of unknown meaning.

Dontrelle m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning.

Dònull m English
Form of Donald

Donyell m & f English (American), Dutch (Rare)
Variant form of Daniel (for men) and Danielle (for women), which was perhaps influenced by the name Don and its diminutive Donny... [more]

Donyella f African American
Probably a variant of Daniella, or possibly Donella

Donzaleigh f African American (Rare, ?)
Borne by US activist Donzaleigh Abernathy (1957-).

Donzel m African American (Rare)

Donzell m & f African American (Rare)
Variant of Donzel.

Donzella f African American (Rare)
Feminine form of Donzel.

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.

Dooky m & f English (American, Rare)
Meaning as of yet unknown. This name is known to have been used as a nickname for both genders.

Dooley m American
Transferred use of the surname Dooley.

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.

Dorabella f Theatre, American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Dorabella is a character in Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers; 1790 ), an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Dorabelle f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorabella.

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

Doraine f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Dorald m Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Thorald in Denmark, but elsewhere (especially in the anglophone world), this name is most likely a combination of a name that contains the Greek element δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" (such as Dorus and Theodore) with a name that ends in -ald (such as Archibald, Gerald and Ronald).... [more]

Doraldina f American (?)
This was the invented stage name of actress and dancer Dora Saunders (1888–1936), though she basically adapted this name for her everyday life.

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.

Doralise f French (Cajun), American (South), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Doralice as well as an 18th- and 19th-century elaboration of Dora using the then-popular name suffix lise.

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.

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

Dorathey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorathy f English
Variant of Dorothy.

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).

Dorcie f English (Rare)

Dorcilé m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcily.

Dorcily m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)

Dorcus f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcas.

Doreathea f American (South, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy or Dorothea.

Dorée f American (Rare), Dutch (Rare)

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

Doreline f English (American, Rare)

Dorell m African American

Dorene f English
Variant of Doreen.

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

Dorestin m Louisiana Creole (Archaic)

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

Doretha f English
Likely a variant of Doretta.

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

Dorett f English (Rare)
Variant of Dorrit.

Dori f English
Variant of Dory.

Doriah f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Doria.

Dorial m African American

Doriann f American (Rare)
Variant of Dorianne.

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

Dorie f English (American)
Diminutive of Dorothy.

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

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

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

Dorissa f English
Elaboration of Doris.

Dorissana f English (Americanized, Rare)

Dorkis f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcas.

Dorkus f American (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcas.

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

Dorlah f English (Modern)
Variant of Dorla.

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)

Dorman m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dorman.

Dorolyn f American (South, Rare)

Dorotha f English
Variant of Dorothy.

Dorothey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

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

Dorr m English
Transferred use of the surname Dörr.

Dorraine f English (American)
Possibly a blend of Doreen and Lorraine.... [more]

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.

Dorsey m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dorsey.

Dorsili m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Dorcily.

Dorsille f Louisiana Creole
Possibly a Creole variant of French Drusille.

Dortheiya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorthelia f American (South, Archaic)
Possibly a combination of Dorothy and Celia.

Dorthey f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dorothy.

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

Dorthia f American (Rare)
Contracted form of Dorothia.

Dorthula f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Dorthulia.

Dorthulia f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Dorthelia.

Dorynne f English (Rare)

Doryss f English
Variant of Doris.

Dosha f English (American)
Variant of Doshia.

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

Doshie f American
Diminutive of Theodosia.

Dosie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy or Theodosia.

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

Doss m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doss.

Dossan m American (Rare)

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.

Dotti f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dottie.

Dottye f English
Alternative spelling of Dotty.

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

Dougie m English
Diminutive of Douglas.

Dousabel f English
Form of Dowsabel

Dousie f English
Form of Dousabel

Dovecote m & f American (Rare)

Dovey f American (South, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Dovie.

Dovie f American (South)
Diminutive of Deborah, or sometimes simply from the English word dove. (See also Dove.)

Dow m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dow.

Dowell m English
Transferred use of the surname Dowell.

Doylene f English (American, Rare)
Likely a feminine form of Doyle.

Dozier m American
Transferred use of the surname Dozier.

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]

Draden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draedyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draevyn m English (American)

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

Drahcir m English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Richard spelled backwards.

Draiden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draik m English
Variant of Drake.

Dramaine m English (American, Rare)

Drametha f American (Modern, Rare)

Draper m English (American)
Used after the character Don Draper of Mad Men.

Drausin m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)

Dravein m African American (Modern, Rare)

Dray m & f English
Variant of Dre.

Draya f English

Drayana f English (Rare)

Drayce m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Drayden m English (American, Modern)
Invented name using the sounds present in Brayden.

Draydon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Drayke m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drake.

Draymond m African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly an invented name blending Dre with Raymond. Also compare Daymond.

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

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

Dreama f English
Feminized form of Dream or variant of Drema... [more]

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

Dreamius m African American (Rare)
Combination of the word dream with the popular suffix ius.

Dred m English (American), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Short form of (feminine) Etheldred. Dred Scott (c. 1799-1858) was an African American slave who unsuccessfully sued for his and his family's freedom before the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark case Dred Scott v. Sandford... [more]

Dredyn m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

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

Dreem f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dream.

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

Dreneisha f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Neisha.

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".

Dresean m African American (Rare)
Combination of Dre and Sean.

Dre'von m African American
Variant of Drevon.

Drewann f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Drew and Ann, or a flip-flopped version of Andrew used as a feminine given name.

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

Drexel m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drexel.

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

Dreyden m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Dreyfus m English
Transferred use of the surname Dreyfus.

Dreyson m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayson.

Dreyton m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayton.

Drezden m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dresden.

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.

Drozin m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Drausin.

Dru m English
Variant of Drew.

Dru f English (American, Archaic)
Short form of Drusilla.

Druann f American (Rare)
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of Andrew, produced by rearranging the syllables (i.e., An and drew; see Drew), with the spelling apparently influenced by that of Luann.

Drucilla f English
Variant of Drusilla.

Drucille f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Drusille.

Drucy f American (South, Archaic)
Short form of Drucilla.

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.

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

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.

D'sean m African American
Variant of Deshawn.

Dshawn m African American
Variant of Deshawn.

D'shonda f African American

Duaine m English
Duane

Duard m English
A diminutive of Edward or Eduard.

Duayna f English (American, Rare)

Dub m & f English (American), Old Celtic
In North America the name Dub is most often used by men with a name beginning with the letter W, such as William and Walter.... [more]

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.

Duchess f English (American, Rare)
Old French from medieval Latin ducissa, from Latin dux, duc- (see Duke).

Dud m English
Short form of Dudley.

Dude m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Dude.

Dudly m English
Variant of Dudley.

Duell m American (South)

Duffy m American
Transferred from the surname Duffy 1 or Duffy 2.

Dug m English (American)
Variant of Doug, used for the dog in the Disney film 'Up' (2009).

Dugan m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dugan.

Duggie m English
Variant of Dougie.

Dujuan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dejuan.

Dukey m English
Diminutive of Duke.

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

Dulcea f American (Rare, Archaic)
Perhaps used as a Latinate form of Dulcie.

Dulcy f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Dutch (Surinamese)
Variant of Dulcie.

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.

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.

Durae f American (Modern, Rare)

Durek m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Derek, which was possibly influenced by the English pronunciation of Dirk.... [more]

Durell m English (Modern)
Variant of Durrell.

Durham m English (American)
Transferred use of the Surname Durham; also, the name of a city in the state of North Carolina

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

Duron m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Durrell m African American
Variant of Darrell.

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

Durville m African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Durville or D'Urville.

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

Duryea m & f English (American, Rare)

Dushane m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix Du- and the name Shane or transferred use of surname Dushane

Dusk m & f English

Dusky f English

Dustan m English (Modern)
Variant of Dustin.

Dustee m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusten m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dustin.

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.

Dustine f American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Dusty or Dustin, probably influenced by the sound of Justine.

Duston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dustin

Dustyn m & f English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Dustin.

Dutchess f American (Rare)
Variant of Duchess.

Dutton m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dutton.

Duvall m English
Transferred use of the surname Duvall.

Duwayne m American
Blend of Duane and Dwayne.

Dux m English (Rare)
Means “duke/leader” in Latin, making it a cognate of Duke.

D’vonsia f African American

Dvontae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Devonte.

Dwade m English (Modern)
Combination of Dwayne and Wade.

Dwaina f English
Feminine form of Dwain.

Dwaine m American
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwainie f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Dwayne or pet form/nickname of Dwayne.

Dwan f English (American)
From the 1976 King Kong. This is an anagram of Dawn.

Dwan m African American (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Dejuan.

Dwanda f African American (Rare)
Variant of Dewanda.

Dwane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwanise f African American (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Denise influenced by Dwayne.

Dwaun m African American
Variant of Dejuan.

Dwayna f American (Rare)
Variant of Duana with the spelling of Dwayne.

Dwier m English (American)

Dwindy f American (Rare)

Dwyane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

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

Dyami m African American

Dyamon f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Dyamond f African American (Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Dyana f English
Variant of Diana.

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

Dyane f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diane.

Dyani f American (Modern)
Many baby name books and sites claim this name means "deer" in 'Native American', with some claiming it's Cherokee. No evidence can be found supporting this claim however and it's more likely the name is a variant of Diane or is an invented name.

Dyann f English (American)
Variant of Diane.

Dyanna f English (Modern)
Variant of Diana.

Dyanne f English (American)
Variant of Diane.

Dyantha f English
Variant of Diantha.

Dyanthia f American (Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Dyantha.

Dyasia f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Asia 1 with the prefix Dy-.

Dychaun m English (American)

Dyer m American (Archaic)
Diminutive of Obadiah used in the 18th century.

Dyesha f African American (Rare)
Variant of Tyesha.

Dykota f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dakota.

Dykwan m English
Variant of Dykwon.

Dykwon m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements dy and quan.

Dylah f English (Rare)
Variant of Dyla.