Baby girl names beginning with D – with origins and meanings
Looking for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 4th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some dazzling and delightful suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
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Our list of popular baby names beginning with D includes origins and meanings so you can decide whether your newborn could be a Daffodil, Delilah or Dudee
1. Daffodil
- 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
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- 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
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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