Baby girl names beginning with D – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Dutch
• Meaning: the name of a flower used as a first name
• Also: Daffy

2. Dagania

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: corn, ceremonial grain

3. Dagmar

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: clear day

4. Dahlia

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: Dahl's flower; a flower name used as a first name

5. Daisy

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the name of a flower, from the Old English dægeseage, meaning day's eye

6. Dakota

• Origin: American
• Meaning: the name of a Native American nation used as a first name

7. Dale

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: valley

8. Dallas

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: living on a clearing

9. Daley

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: surname used as a first name
• Also: Daly

10. Damaris

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: the name of an Athenian woman who was converted to Christianity by St Paul

11. Dana

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a Dane; a surname used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name

12. Danielle

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God has judged; Daniel was one of the Old Testament prophets; feminine form of Daniel
• Also: Daniella, Danette

13. Daphne

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: laurel

14. Darcy

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: a man from Arcy; a surname used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Darcie, Darcey

15. Daria

• Origin: Persian
• Meaning: protector; a feminine form of Darius

16. Darlene

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: little dear one
• Also: Darleen

17. Darrell

• Origin: French
• Meaning: formerly a surname derived from the name of a French village, it is now used as a first name; also used as a boy’s name
• Also: Darrelle, Daryl, Darryl

18. Davina

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: beloved; a feminine form of David; David is the patron saint of Wales
• Also: Davida, Vida, Vina

19. Dawn

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the first appearance of light, daybreak.

20. Dayo

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: arrival of joy

21. Deborah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a bee
• Also: Debra, Debbie, Debby.

22. Decima

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: tenth

23. Dee

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: swarthy; a nickname for someone whose name begins with the letter D
• Also: Deedee, Didi

24. Deepika

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: little lamp

25. Deiondre

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: valley

26. Deirdre

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: possibly, full of sorrow

27. Delia

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a name given to Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon.

28. Delilah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a flirt, the name of the woman who betrayed Samson
• Also: Dalila, Lila.

29. Della

• Origin: English
• Meaning: of the nobility

30. Delphine

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a dolphin

31. Delu

• Origin: African
• Meaning: the only girl

32. Demelza

• Origin: Cornish
• Meaning: fort on the hill

33. Denise

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: derived from Dionysos, the Greek god of wine; a feminine form of Denis
• Also: Dionne, Dione

34. Dericia

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: athletic

35. Desdemona

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: misery; the name of the doomed heroine in Shakespeare’s Othello

36. Désirée

• Origin: French
• Meaning: desired

37. Destiny

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one's certain future

38. Devnet

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: young deer
• Also: Dymphna

39. Dhanishta

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: a star

40. Diamond

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a modern name taken from the precious stone

41. Diana

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: The name of the Roman goddess of the moon
• Also: Diane, Di, Dianne, Deanna

42. Dido

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a teacher

43. Dilys

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: genuine

44. Dinah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: lawsuit
• Also: Dina, Di

45. Dionne

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a goddess
• Also: Dione

46. Divya

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: heavenly radiance

47. Diya

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: lamp, radiance

48. Djamila

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning:beautiful
• Also: Jamila.

49. Dolores

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: a short form of the original meaning Mary of the Sorrows
• Also: Lola, Lolita

50. Dominique

• Origin: Latin, French
• Meaning: Of the Lord
• Also: Dominica (Spanish form)

51. Donalda

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: mighty leader; a feminine form of Donald
• Also: Donella

52. Donata

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: given

53. Donna

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: a lady

54. Dor

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a home
• Also: Dorothy, Dorrie, Theodora

55. Dorcas

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a gazelle

56. Doreen

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: gift; maiden with the golden hair
• Also: Dorothy

57. Dorianne

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: comes from an ancient people from the south of Greece; a feminine form of Dorian
• Also: Doriana

57. Dorinda

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: bountiful gift
• Also: Dorothy

59. Doris

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: uncertain but the name was used in Greek mythology

60. Dorothy

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: gift of God
• Also: Dorothea, Dorinda, Doreen (Irish form) Dorinne, Dorrie, Dolly, Dora, Dot, Dodie and Thea

61. Dorothea

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: gift of god

62. Drusilla

• Origin: Roman, Greek
• Meaning: fruitful or dewy-eyed

63. Dudee

• Origin: English Gypsy
• Meaning: star, bright light

64. Dulcie

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: sweet, lovely
• Also: Dulcibella

65. Durah

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: pearl

66. Durga

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: out of reach

67. Dymphna

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a fawn
• Also: Devnet

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