This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Dalewin m Polish (Rare)An old Polish masculine name, composed of two parts: Dale- "far away", and -win, meaning "uncle". Therefore it means "one whose uncle is far away", "one whose mother's family is far away".
Dalian m English (Rare)Meaning uncertain. This name might be a masculinization of
Dalia 1 or
Dahlia, but it could also be a combination of
Dale with either
Ian or the English suffix
-ian, which is ultimately derived from the Latin suffix
-ianus.... [
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Dallae f Korean (Modern, Rare)From either native Korean 달래
(dallae), referring to the Korean wild chive, or the root of verb 달래다
(dallaeda) meaning "to soothe, calm, comfort."
Dalmat m Albanian (Rare)Derived from Albanian
dalmat "Dalmatian (member of the people)", ultimately going back to the name of the
Dalmatae, a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia.
Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar m Obscure (Rare)Borne by Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar Williams, baptized on 18 January 1676 at the parish church of Old Swinford in England, whose father also bore this name. The original bearer was likely born at around the time of the English Civil War (1642-1651) and his name appears to mock Puritan eccentricity.
Dandelion f English (Rare)The English name, Dandelion, is a corruption of the French dent de lion meaning "lion's tooth", referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. It is usually is used as a nickname.
Dane m Serbian (Modern, Rare)Is the short form for Daniel,Danijel in serbia bosnia etc.. people Who are called Daniel uses the short variant Dane,Danko. Most used in ex Yougoslavia.
Daneliya f Kazakh (Rare)From Persian دان
(dân) meaning "knowing, able" and Turkic
el meaning "country, society".
Danguolis m Lithuanian (Rare)Literally means "little sky", derived from the Lithuanian noun
dangus meaning "sky, heaven" combined with the masculine diminutive suffix
-(u)olis. As such, one could consider this name to be a diminutive of the name
Dangius.
Dankmut m & f German (Rare)The name is made of the word dank- "thanks" and the name element -muot "Sense, Spirit, Soul".
Danno m Irish, English (Rare)Diminutive of
Daniel. This was borne by Irish Gaelic footballer Daniel "Danno" O'Keeffe (1907-1967) and Irish wrestler Danno O'Mahony (1912-1950). A fictional bearer is
Danny "Danno" Williams, a young police officer on the television police drama series
Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980).
Dan-o f Korean (Modern, Rare)Dan-o (surname is Eun) is one of the main characters of 2019 South-Korean drama Extraordinary You. The character is played by actress Kim Hye-yoon.
Daping f Chinese (Rare)From Chinese 大 (dà) meaning "big, great, vast, high" combined with 娉 (pīng) meaning "beautiful, charming, graceful" Other character combinations are possible.
Dardanella f English (Rare), Popular CultureFrom 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.... [
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Dare f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Dare. It was borne by Canadian American photographer and author Dare Wright (1914-2001).
Darispan m Georgian (Rare), LiteratureMeans "door of Isfahan", derived from the Persian noun در
(dar) meaning "door, gate" combined with
Spahān, which is the Middle Persian name for the modern city of اصفهان
(Isfahan) in Iran.... [
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Darol m American (Rare)Variant of
Darrell and the name of American violinist Darol
Anger (1963-) as well as that of American born, Canadian educated physicist Darol
Kenneth Froman (1906-1997), Deputy Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Darsameen f Urdu (Rare)Possibly means "pearl of great price" from Arabic دُرّ
(durr) "pearl" (compare
Durr) and ثَمِين
(ṯamīn) "valuable, precious" (compare
Sameen).
Daryogul f Tajik, Uzbek (Rare, ?)Composed of Tajik дарё
(daryo), Uzbek
daryo meaning "river" and Tajik гул
(gul), Uzbek
gul meaning "flower".
Dasani f & m African American (Modern, Rare)From the name of the bottled water brand
Dasani, itself inspired in the Latin word
sanus ("healthy"). This name was first recorded in the US in 1999, the year the brand was launched.