Names that Begin with D

• Darnell

  From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass.

• Darold

  Darold is a modern invention that is a compound of two names, Darryl and Harold.

• Darragh

  Variant of Dara or Anglicized form of Dáire.

• Darrel

  Variant of Darrell.

• Darrell

  From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

• Darren

  The meaning of this name is not known for certain.

• Darrin

  Variant of Darren.

• Darryl

  Variant of Darrell.

• Darshana

  Means "seeing, understanding, philosophy" in Sanskrit.

• D'artagnan

  Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwestern France.

• Darwin

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

• Darya

  Russian and Belarusian form of Daria.

• Daryawesh

  Form of Darius used in the Hebrew Bible.

• Daryl

  Variant of Darrell.

• Daryna

  Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

• Daryush

  Variant transcription of Dariush.

• Dash

  Dash is an Old English name that is derived from the ash tree.

• Dashiell

  In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.

• Dassah

  Short form of Hadassah.

• Dathan

  Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew.

• Daud

  Variant transcription of Dawud.

• Dauid

  Greek form of David.

• Daumantas

  From Lithuanian daug "much" and mantus "intelligent".

• Dave

  Short form of David.

• Davena

  Variant of Davina.

• Daveth

  Cornish form of David.

• Davey

  Diminutive of David.

• Davi

  Portuguese form of David.

• Davian

  Davian is a variant of David.

• David

  From the Hebrew name (Dawid) , which was probably derived from Hebrew (dwd) meaning "beloved".