Names starting with D
73 names — 34 girls', 34 boys', 5 unisex.
Rarest D names
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Durvasa
dur-VAA-suh
Difficult to live with, the short-tempered Puranic sage
Dipti
DEEP-tee
Radiance, the glow of a lamp flame
Drashti
DRUSH-tee
Vision, the act of seeing clearly
Damayanti
dah-mah-YAHN-tee
Subduing, one who tames; the princess of Vidarbha in the Mahabharata's tale of Nala
Girl names with D
Dahlia
DAHL-yah
The dahlia flower, named for botanist Anders Dahl
Daisy
DAY-zee
Day's eye, the flower
Danica
DAN-ih-kah
Morning star
Daniela
dah-nee-EL-ah
God is my judge
Daphne
DAF-nee
Laurel tree
Darcy
DAR-see
From Arcy
Darshana
dar-SHUH-nah
Vision, the sight of something holy
Davina
dah-VEE-nah
Beloved
Deepika
dee-PEE-kah
Little lamp, the one who gives light
Deepti
DEEP-tee
Brilliance, the glow of a flame
Delaney
deh-LAY-nee
Descendant of the challenger
Delilah
deh-LY-lah
Delicate, languishing
Della
DELL-ah
Noble
Demi
deh-MEE
Half, or devoted to Demeter
Devaki
DAY-vah-kee
Mother of Krishna, imprisoned by her brother Kamsa
Devanshi
day-VAAN-shee
A part of the divine, born of god
Devika
DAY-vih-kah
Little goddess, minor deity
Dhanisha
dhun-EE-shaa
Mistress of wealth, prosperous one
Dhara
DHAA-rah
A steady stream, continuous flow
Dhriti
DHRI-tee
Steadfastness, courage held over time
Dhwani
DHWUH-nee
Sound, a resonance that lingers
Diana
dy-AN-ah
Divine, heavenly
Dinah
DY-nah
Judged, vindicated
Dishita
dih-SHEE-taa
One who knows her direction
Divyanshi
div-YAAN-shee
A ray of heavenly light
Diya
DEE-yah
Oil lamp, the clay light lit at Diwali
Dolma
DOHL-mah
Liberator, the Tibetan name of the goddess Tara
Dorothy
DOR-uh-thee
Gift of God
Draupadi
DROW-pah-dee
Daughter of Drupada; the fire-born queen of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata
Dulce
DOOL-say
Sweet
Durga
DOOR-gah
The unassailable one, the fortress; the warrior goddess who slays Mahishasura
Boy names with D
Daksh
DUCK-sh
Skilled, competent; a Prajapati of Puranic myth
Damian
DAY-mee-an
To tame or subdue
Damodar
DAA-mo-dur
One bound at the waist by a rope, an epithet of the child Krishna
Daniel
DAN-yul
God is my judge
Darius
duh-RY-us
He who holds firm the good
Darsh
DARSH
Sight, vision; the auspicious new moon day
Darshit
DUR-shit
Shown, one who has been revealed
Dashiell
DASH-ee-ul
From an anglicized French surname
David
DAY-vid
Beloved
Declan
DEK-lun
Full of goodness
Deepak
DEE-pahk
Lamp, the one who kindles light
Desmond
DEZ-mund
From South Munster
Devang
DAY-vung
Having a divine body, godlike in form
Devansh
DAY-vahnsh
A part of God, a fragment of the divine
Devdutt
dayv-DUTT
Given by the gods, also the name of Arjuna's conch in the Mahabharata
Dexter
DEK-ster
Right-handed, skilful
Dhairya
DHYE-ryah
Courage, patience, steadiness of nerve
Dhananjay
dhuh-nun-JAY
Conqueror of wealth, an epithet of Arjuna in the Mahabharata
Dharmendra
dhur-MEN-druh
Lord of dharma, righteous order personified
Dhaval
DHUH-vul
Dazzling white, pure and bright
Dhruv
DHROOV
Fixed, immovable; the pole star and the boy sage of the Puranas
Dhruvin
DROO-vin
Constant, firm; derived from the pole star Dhruva
Diego
dee-AY-goh
Supplanter
Dimitri
duh-MEE-tree
Follower of Demeter
Dinesh
dee-NESH
Lord of the day, an epithet of the sun
Dipesh
dee-PAYSH
Lord of light, master of the lamp
Divyansh
div-YAANSH
A part of the divine, a fragment of celestial light
Dominic
DOM-uh-nik
Of the Lord
Donovan
DON-uh-vun
Dark-haired chieftain
Dorian
DOR-ee-un
Of the Dorian people
Dorje
DOR-jay
Thunderbolt, the indestructible vajra of tantric ritual
Duncan
DUNG-kun
Brown warrior
Dylan
DIL-un
Great sea
Unisex names with D
Daya
DAH-yah
Compassion, mercy toward all living beings
Deep
DEEP
A lamp, a small carried flame
Dev
DEV
God, divine being; the shining one
Dhamma
DHUM-mah
The teaching, the natural law the Buddha uncovered
Dilpreet
dill-PREET
Love within the heart