Girls' Names


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Dabria	Latin	Name of an angel
Dabrisha	Unknown	Loves all
Dacey	Unknown	Down below
Dada	African	Curly hair
Dagmar	Old Norse	Day maid
Dagny	Old Norse	New day
Dahlia	English	flower
Dai	Japanese	Great
Daisy	English	Daisy
Dakarai	African	Happiness
Dakota	Native American	Friend
Dale (also Dalene, Dalena)	Old English	Little valley
Dalia	Hebrew	A branch
Dalila	African	Gentle
Dalit	Unknown	Draw water
Dalva	Old English	Valley
Damara	Greek	Gentle girl
Damaris	Greek	Calf
Damhnait	Gaelic	see Davnit
Damiana	Italian	To tame
Damita	Spanish	Little princess
Dana (also Danah, Danett, Danette, Dani, Dania, Daniela, Danielle, Danita, Danitra, Danna, Dannie, Danya, Dayna, Dayne)	Hebrew (from Daniel)	God is my judge
Danae	Greek	Princess
Danah		see Dana
Danann	Gaelic	From the spirit people
Danee/Danene		see Denyne
Danett/Danette		see Dana
Dani/Dania		see Dana
Danica		see Danika
Daniela/Danielle		see Dana
Danika (also Danica)	Slavic	Morning star
Danine		see Denyne
Danita/Danitra		see Dana
Danna/Dannie/Danya		see Dana
Dantae	Unknown	Unknown
Danuta	Unknown	Unknown
Daphne	Greek	Bay tree
Dara (also Darragh)	Hebrew Gaelic	Pearl of wisdom Son of the oak
Daray	Unknown	Dark
Darcy	Gaelic	Descendant of the dark one
Darerca (dar-ark-a) (also Darearca)	Gaelic	Daughter of Erc
Daria	Persian	Queenly
Darina (also Dairine)	Gaelic	Fruitful
Daris	Unknown	Combination of Darin and Paris
Darleen (also Darla, Darlene)	Middle English	Darling
Darragh		see Dara
Dasani	Unknown	Ruler
Dasha	Greek	Gift of God
Davida (also Davan, Davena, Davina, Davine)	Hebrew (from David)	Beloved
Davnit (also Damhnait)	Gaelic	Fawn
Davonna	Unknown	Combination of David and Donna
Dawn	English	Breaking of the day
Daxia	Unknown	Long summer
Daya	Hebrew	Bird
Dayna/Dayne		see Dana
Dayo	African	Joy arrives
Dea/Deana		see Diana
Deandra/Deanna/Deanne		see Diana
Dearbhla (der-vla) (also Dearbhail, Dervla)	Gaelic	Daughter of Fal
Dearbhorgaill (der-vor-gilla) (also Dervorgilla)	Gaelic	Daughter of Forgall
Deborah (also Debbie, Debby, Debi, Debora, Debra, Devorah, Devorit)	Hebrew	Bee
Dee	Scottish	Dee River
Deianira	Greek	Wife of Hercules
Deidra	Unknown	Sorrowful
Deidre		see Deirdre
Deiondre	Unknown	Valley
Deirbhile (der-vila)	Gaelic	Daughter of a poet
Deirdre (also Deidre, Deirdra, Deitra)	Gaelic	She who chatters
Deja	French	Already
Dejalysse	French	Combination of Deja and Alysse
Deka	Greek	Pleasing
Del		see Delphine
Delaney	French	From the Alder grove
Delfina		see Delphine
Delia	Greek	Of Delos
Delicia	Latin	Delightful one
Delilah (also Delila)	Hebrew	Delicate
Deliz	Unknown	Combination of Dean and Liz
Della	Teutonic	Noble
Delling	Unknown	Scintillating
Delma	Gaelic	Unknown
Delmar	Spanish	Of the sea
Delora/Delores/Deloris		see Dolores
Delphia	Greek	Brotherly love
Delphine (also Del, Delfina, Delphinia)	Greek	Dolphin
Delsie		see Dolores
Delta	Hebrew	Mouth of a river
Delu	African	The only girl
Dembe	Unknown	Peace
Demi	French	Small
Demeter (also Demetria)	Greek	Earth mother
Demoryea	Unknown	Unknown
Dena	Native American	Valley
Denali	Unknown	Great one
Dene	Unknown	Beautiful one
Denene		see Denyne
Denine		see Denyne
Denise (also Denisa)	Greek	Of Zeus
Denna	Unknown	Glen, valley
Denyne (also Daneen, Danene, Danine, Denene, Denine)	Unknown	Strong willed
Derica	Unknown	Beloved leader
Derora	Hebrew	Running streams
Derry	Gaelic	Town
Dervla	Gaelic	see Dearbhla
Dervorgilla		see Dearbhorgaill
Desana	Unknown	Longed for
Desdemona	Unknown	Of the devil
Desiree (also Deserae, Desi, Dessie, Dezerae)	French	Desired
Dessa	Unknown	Roaming
Dessie		see Desiree
Desta	Teutonic	Work
Destiny	English	Fate
Deva	Sanskrit	Divine
Devaki	Hindu	A god
Devi	Hindu	Resides in heaven
Devin	Gaelic	Poet
Devlin	Gaelic	Unknown
Devorah/Devorit		see Deborah
Dewitt	Unknown	Blonde
Dextra	Latin	Skilled
Deyana		see Diana
Dezerae		see Desiree
Diamond (also Diamanta)	English	Precious stone
Diana (also Dea, Deana, Deandra, Deanna, Deanne, Deeann, Deena, Deyana, Diane,Dianna, Dianne, Dyan, Dyanne)	Latin	Divine
Dianthe (also Diantha)	Greek	Divine flower
Diata	Unknown	Lion
Diavion	Unknown	Unknown
Dido	Unknown	Unknown
Didrika	Unknown	Leader of the people
Diella	Latin	Worships God
Dietlinde	Germanic	Tender people
Diliza	African	Destroyer of evil
Dillian	Unknown	An idol
Dilys	Welsh	Genuine
Dinah (also Dina)	Hebrew	Justice
Dione (also Diondra, Dionna, Dionne)	Greek	Divine queen
Dior	Fench	Golden
Disa	Scandinavian	Active spirit
Disgleirio	Welsh	Shine
Dita	Slavic	Rich gift
Dixie	Unknown	Unknown
Djamila	Arabic	Beautiful
Dlorah	Unknown	Harold spelled backwards
Dmyphnah	Gaelic	Suitable one
Doda	Unknown	Aunt
Doi	Unknown	Mountain
Doireann (dor-ean) (also Dorean, Doreen, Dorind)	Gaelic	Sullen
Dollie/Dolly		see Dorothea
Dolores (also Delora, Delores, Deloris, Delsie)	Spanish	Sorrows
Dominica (also Domani, Dominga, Dominika, Dominique, Dominy)	Latin	Of the Lord
Dona		see Donna
Donahi	Unknown	Big soul
Donalda (also Donnel, Donnelle)	Gaelic	Ruler of the world
Donata (also Donatella, Donatienne)	Latin	Given
Donla (also Dunla, Dunlaith)	Gaelic	Brown lady
Donna (also Dona, Donnica)	Latin	Lady
Donnel/Donnelle		see Donalda
Donnica		see Donna
Dora (also Dore, Dori, Doria, Doriane)	Greek	Gift
Dorcas	Greek	Gazelle
Dore		see Dora
Dorean/Doreen		see Doireann
Dores		see Doris
Dorete/Doretta		see Dorothea
Dori/Doria/Doriane		see Dora
Dorie		see Doris
Dorind	Gaelic	see Dorieann
Dorinda		see Dorothea
Doris (also Dores, Dorie, Dorit)	Greek	Of the sea
Dorothea (also Dollie, Dolly, Dorete, Doretta, Dorinda, Dorota, Dorothy, Dorthy, Dory, Dot, Dottie, Dotty)	Greek	Gift of God
Dorset (also Dorsey)	Unknown	A tribe
Dorthy/Dory		see Dorothea
Dot/Dottie/Dotty		see Dorothea
Dove	Unknown	Bird
Dragana	Slavic	Precious and great
Draighean (drain)	Gaelic	Blackthorn
Dreama	Unknown	Joyous music
Drew (also Dru)	Germanic	Trustworthy
Drina	Spanish	Defender of mankind
Dru		see Drew
Drucilla (also Drusilla)	Greek	Dewey eyes
Dryden	Unknown	Beautful but conniving
Duaibseach (duav-suk)	Gaelic	Sorrowful
Dub Lemna	Gaelic	see Duibhleamhna
Dubaku	African	Eleventh born child
Dubh Easa	Gaelic	see Duibheasa
Dubhog (duv-ogue)	Gaelic	Little dark one
Dubhthach (doo-fach) (also Dubthach, Dufach)	Gaelic	Dark one
Duena	Spanish	Protect the companion
Dufach		see Dubhthach
Duibheasa (div-as-a) (also Dubh Easa, Duvessa)	Gaelic	Dark lady of the waterfall
Duibhleamhna (div-lown-a) (also Dub Lemna)	Gaelic	Dark lady of Lemain
Duinnsech (doon-shock)	Gaelic	Brown haired girl
Duka	African	All
Dulcie (also Dulce, Dulcea, Dulcina, Dulcinea)	Latin	Sweet
Dumi	Unknown	Inspirational
Dunla/Dunlaith	Gaelic	see Donla
Durene	Latin	Everlasting
Durlie	Unknown	Unknown
Duscha	Russian	Divine spirit
Dustine	Germanic	Valiant fighter
Duvessa	Gaelic	see Duibheasa
Dyan		see Diana
Dyani	Native American	Deer
Dyanne		see Diana
Dyllis	Welsh	Sincere
Dymphna	Gaelic	Poet
Dyre	Unknown	Dear heart
Dysis	Unknown	Sunset