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The Name Begins With The Letter D:

DA  m  Chinese
Means "attainment" in Chinese.

DAAN  m  Dutch
Short form of DANIËL

DACIANA  f  Romanian
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region which is now Romania and Moldova.

DACRE  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria meaning "trickling stream" in Old Celtic.

DADA  f  Yoruba
Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.

DAEDALUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Δαιδαλος (Daidalos) which meant "cunning" or "curiously wrought"...

DAFFODIL  f  English
Means simply "daffodil" from the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".

DAFNE  f  Italian
Italian form of DAPHNE

DAFYDD  m  Welsh
Welsh form of DAVID...

DAG  m  Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".

DAGAN  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of DAGON

DAGDA  m  Irish Mythology
Means "good god" in Celtic...

DAGFINN  m  Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "person from Finland".

DAGMAR  f  Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DAGNEY  f  Various
Variant of DAGNY

DAGNIJA  f  Latvian
Latvian form of DAGNY

DAGNY  f  Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".

DAGON  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Ugaritic dgn meaning "grain"...

DAGRUN  f  Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Dagrún, which was derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and rún "secret lore".

DAHLIA  f  English
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

DAI  m  Welsh
Derived from Old Celtic dei meaning "to shine"...

DÀIBHIDH  m  Scottish
Scottish form of DAVID

DAICHI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" combined with 地 (chi) "earth, land" or 智 (chi) "wisdom, intellect".

DAIKI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" combined with 輝 (ki) "radiance", 樹 (ki) "tree" or 貴 (ki) "valuable, noble".

DAINA  f  Lithuanian, Latvian
Means "song" in Lithuanian and Latvian.

DÁIRE  m  Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic...

DÁIRÍNE  f  Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".

DAISUKE  m  Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" and 輔 (suke) "help".

DAISY  f  English
Simply means "daisy" from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye".

DAITHÍ  m  Irish
Possibly means "swift" in Irish Gaelic...

DAIVIDH  m  Scottish
Gaelic variant of DAVID

DAKARAI  m  African
Means "rejoice" in Shona.

DAKOTA  m & f  English
Means "friend" in the Dakota language...

DALAL  f  Arabic
Means "coquettishness" in Arabic.

DALE  m & f  English
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale.

DALEY  m  Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"...

DALIA (1)  f  English
Variant of DAHLIA

DALIA (2)  f  Lithuanian, Mythology
Meaning unknown...

DALIBOR  m  Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic elements dal meaning "far away" and borit meaning "to fight".

DALLAS  m  English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "resting place"...

DALTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English...

DALY  m  Irish, English
Variant of DALEY

DALYA  f  English
Variant of DAHLIA

DAMARIS  f  Biblical
Means "calf" in Greek...

DAMAYANTI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "subduing" in Sanskrit...

DAMHNAIT  f  Irish
Means "little fawn" from Gaelic damh "fawn" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DAMIAN  m  English, Polish
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"...

DAMIANA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMIANO  m  Italian
Italian form of DAMIAN

DAMIEN  m  French
French form of DAMIAN

DAMIJAN  m  Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMIJANA  f  Slovene
Slovene feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMION  m  English
Variant of DAMIAN

DAMJAN  m  Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMOCLES  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Δαμοκλης (Damokles), which was derived from δαμος (damos) "the people" (a Doric Greek variant of δημος (demos)) and κλεος (kleos) "glory"...

DAMODAR  m  Indian
Modern transcription of DAMODARA

DAMODARA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "rope around the belly", derived from Sanskrit दाम (dama) "rope" and उदर (udara) "belly"...

DAMON  m  Greek Mythology, English
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"...

DAMYAN  m  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DAMIAN

DAN (1)  m  Biblical
Means "he judged" in Hebrew...

DAN (2)  m  English, Romanian
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (1)  f  Polish, Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DAN (1) or DANIEL

DANA (2)  m & f  English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish.

DANA (3)  f  Bulgarian
Short form of BOGDANA or YORDANA

DANAË  f  Greek Mythology
From Δαναοι (Danaoi), a word used by Homer to designate the Greeks...

DANAIL  m  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DANIEL

DAND  m  Scottish
Scottish pet form of ANDREW

DANE  m  English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish.

DANEL  m  Basque
Basque form of DANIEL

DANETTE  f  English
Feminine pet form of DANIEL

DANI (1)  f & m  English (Modern)
Pet form of DANIELLE or DANIEL

DANI (2)  m  Hungarian
Pet form of DÁNIEL

DANIA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of DANIELA

DANICA  f  Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star".

DÁNIEL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of DANIEL

DANIËL  m  Dutch
Dutch form of DANIEL

DANIEL  m  English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"...

DANIELA  f  German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIÈLE  f  French
French feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELE  m  Italian
Italian form of DANIEL

DANIELLA  f  English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLE  f  French, English
French feminine form of DANIEL

DANIIL  m  Russian
Russian form of DANIEL

DANIJEL  m  Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANIJELA  f  Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIKA  f  English
Variant of DANICA

DANILO  m  Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANITA  f  English
Feminine pet form of DANIEL

DANNI  f & m  English (Modern)
Pet form of DANIELLE or DANIEL

DANNIE  m  English
Pet form of DANIEL

DANNY  m  English
Pet form of DANIEL

DANTE  m  Italian
Medieval short form of DURANTE...

DANUT  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of DAN

DANUTA  f  Polish
Possibly a Polish pet form of DANA

DANYA  f  Jewish
Feminine form of DAN

DAPHNE  f  Greek Mythology, English
Means "laurel" in Greek...

DAPHNÉ  f  French
French form of DAPHNE

DAQUAN  m  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Da and quan.

DARA (1)  m  Irish
From the Irish Mac Dara which means Means "oak tree"...

DARA (2)  f  Jewish
Perhaps means "wisdom" or "compassion" in Hebrew.

DARA (3)  f & m  Khmer
Means "star" in Khmer.

DARA (4)  m  Iranian
Means "wealthy" in Persian.

DARACH  m  Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARAGH  m  Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARBY  m & f  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.

DARCEY  f  English
Feminine form of DARCY

DARCY  m & f  English
From a Norman surname meaning "from Arcy" from French D'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France...

DARDEN  m  English
From a surname meaning "from Ardennes" in French...

DAREIA  f  Greek
Feminine form of Dareios (see DARIUS).

DARELL  m  English
Variant of DARRYL

DAREN  m  English
Variant of DARREN

DARIA  f  Italian, English, Polish, Romanian
Feminine form of DARIUS...

DARIAN  m & f  English
Perhaps an elaboration of DARIUS or DARIA

DARIEA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of DARIA

DARIEN  m & f  English
Possibly a variant of DARREN or DARIAN, or maybe a combination of the two.

DARIN  m  English
Variant of DARREN

DARINA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE

DARINKA  f  Slovene
Pet form of DARJA

DARIO  m  Italian
Italian form of DARIUS

DARIUS  m  English, Lithuanian
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dârayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"...

DARIUSZ  m  Polish
Polish form of DARIUS

DARJA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of DARIA

DARKO  m  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic dar meaning "gift".

DARLA  f  English
Short form of DARLENE

DARLEEN  f  English
Variant of DARLENE

DARLENE  f  English
From a combination of the English word darling and the popular name suffix lene.

DARMA  m  Indonesian
Means "good deed" in Indonesian and Javanese.

DARNELL  m  English
From a surname...

DARRAGH  m  Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARREL  m  English
Variant of DARRYL

DARRELL  m  English
Variant of DARRYL

DARREN  m  English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain...

DARRIN  m  English
Variant of DARREN

DARRYL  m  English
Derived from French D'Airelle meaning "of Airelle"...

DARSHANA  f  Indian
Means "seeing, understanding, philosophy" in Sanskrit.

D'ARTAGNAN  m  Literature
Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwestern France...

DARWIN  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"...

DARYA (1)  f  Russian
Russian form of DARIA

DARYA (2)  f  Iranian
Means "sea" in Iranian.

DARYL  m  English
Variant of DARRYL

DARYNA  f  Ukrainian
Ukrainian pet form of DARIA

DASHIELL  m  English
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett, it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.

DASSAH  f  Jewish
Short form of HADASSAH

DATHAN  m  Biblical
Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew...

DAUD  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of DAWUD

DAVE  m  English
Short form of DAVID

DAVENA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of DAVINA

DAVETH  m  Cornish
Cornish form of DAVID

DAVEY  m  English
Pet form of DAVID

DAVI  m  Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of DAVID

DÁVID  m  Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of DAVID

DAVID  m  English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"...

DAVIDA  f  English
Feminine form of DAVID

DAVIDE  m  Italian
Italian form of DAVID

DAVIE  m  English
Pet form of DAVID

DAVIN  m  English
Variant of DEVIN

DAVINA  f  English
Feminine form of DAVID

DAVINIA  f  English
Variant of DAVINA

DAVIS  m  English
From a surname based on the name DAVID...

DAVY  m  English
Pet form of DAVID

DAWID  m  Polish
Polish form of DAVID

DAWN  f  English
Means simply "dawn" from the English word, derived from Old English dagung.

DAWOOD  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of DAWUD

DAWSON  m  English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID".

DAWUD  m  Arabic
Arabic form of DAVID

DAX  m  English
From a surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).

DAYARAM  m  Indian
Means "compassion of Rama" from Sanskrit दया (daya) "compassion" combined with the name of the god RAMA.

DAYNA  f  English
Feminine variant of DANA

DAYO  f  Yoruba
Means "joy arrives" in Yoruba.

DAYTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.

DAZBOG  m  Slavic Mythology
Variant of DAZHDBOG

DAZHDBOG  m  Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "the giving god" in Slavic...

DEACON  m  English
From a surname which originally belonged to a deacon, a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

DEAN  m  English
From a surname which means either "valley" from Old English denu or else "dean" from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten")...

DEANA  f  English
Variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN

DEANDRE  m  English
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANDRÉ

DEANGELO  m  English
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANGELO

DEANNA  f  English
Variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN

DEANNE  f  English
Variant of DIANE or a feminine form of DEAN

DEARBHÁIL  f  Irish
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for Ireland.

DEASÚN  m  Irish
Irish form of DESMOND

DEB  f  English
Short form of DEBORAH

DEBBI  f  English (Modern)
Pet form of DEBORAH

DEBBIE  f  English
Pet form of DEBORAH

DEBBY  f  English
Pet form of DEBORAH

DEBDAN  m  Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of DEVDAN

DEBI  f  English (Modern)
Pet form of DEBORAH

DÉBORA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of DEBORAH

DEBORA  f  Italian
Italian form of DEBORAH

DEBORAH  f  English, Jewish, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew...

DEBRA  f  English
Variant of DEBORAH

DECEBAL  m  Romanian
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian...

DECIMA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DECIMUS

DECIMUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "tenth" in Latin.

DECLAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, which is of unknown meaning...

DEDRICK  m  English (African American)
Form of THEODORIC

DEE  f & m  English
Short form of names beginning with D, or else taken from the name of the Dee River in Scotland.

DEEANN  f  English (Modern)
Combination of DEE and ANN

DEEMER  m  English
From a surname which means "judge" in Old English.

DEENA  f  English
Variant of DIANA or DINAH or a feminine form of DEAN

DEEPAK  m  Indian
Modern transcription of DIPAKA

DEEPALI  f  Indian
Variant transcription of DIPALI

DEEPTI  f  Indian
Variant transcription of DIPTI

DEFOREST  m  English
From a Norman French surname meaning "from the forest".

DEFORREST  m  English
Variant of DEFOREST

DEIDRA  f  English
Form of DEIRDRE

DEIDRE  f  English
Form of DEIRDRE

DEIMOS  m  Greek Mythology
Means "terror" in Greek... 

DEINIOL  m  Welsh
Welsh form of DANIEL

DEIRBHILE  f  Irish
Means "daughter of a poet" from Gaelic der "daughter" and file "poet"...

DEIRDRE  f  English, Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"...

DEITRA  f  English
Form of DEIRDRE

DEJA  f  Various
Means "already" from the French phrase deja vu meaning "already seen".

DEJAN  m  Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Possibly derived from Slavic deja meaning "to do something, to act"...

DEJANA  f  Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of DEJAN

DEKEL  m  Jewish
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

DELAIAH  m  Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has drawn" in Hebrew...

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