Dazzling D names

I am very much drawn to D names at the moment. May I ask, what are your favourite names beginning with D, or with prominent D sounds?
Also, if anyone knows any D names not often heard here on the forums, I’d love to see them!

My usual disclaimer: I’m not naming anyone!

For Boys:

Darus
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]

For Girls:

[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]

Those are the ones that come to mind currently, but I will try to add more in the future.

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

[name_f]My[/name_f] dad’s name is [name_u]David[/name_u], so I love the idea of a ‘D’ name to honor him. I’m always on the search! [name_f]My[/name_f] current favorites are…

Girls-

[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]

[name_f]Delia[/name_f]

[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] nn [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]

I also kind of like [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], but not nearly as much as [name_f]Delia[/name_f]. And as for names with ‘d’ sounds, I’m loving…

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]

[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]

I also really like [name_f]Bridget[/name_f], [name_u]Indigo[/name_u] & [name_f]Sadie[/name_f].

Boys-

[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] nn [name_u]Dash[/name_u]

[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]

I also really like [name_u]Declan[/name_u], but that’s my nephew’s name. [name_m]Diego[/name_m] is also lovely.

As for boys with prominent ‘d’ sounds, I kind of like…

[name_u]Aidan[/name_u]

[name_u]Adrian[/name_u]

[name_m]Frederic[/name_m]

[name_u]Jude[/name_u]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps. :slight_smile:

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my favourite d names are [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] & [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_u]Declan[/name_u] & [name_m]Dacre[/name_m], but two i love that i don’t see a tremendous amount here are [name_f]Decima[/name_f] and [name_m]Dacken[/name_m]!
my favourite names with a prominent d sound are probably [name_f]Judith[/name_f] and [name_u]Rudy[/name_u] :sunflower:

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I’ve just realized I don’t have many D names on my list. I like [name_f]Demetria[/name_f] for girls, [name_m]Dovber[/name_m] / [name_m]Dover[/name_m], Dúnn, [name_m]Doron[/name_m] and [name_m]Daedalus[/name_m] for boys.

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[name_m]Devereaux[/name_m]
[name_u]Denali[/name_u]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]

[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f]

I’m actually realizing I don’t have that many D-initial girl names…hmm…

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] (my most favorite name at the moment)
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite D- names:

[name_f]Dora[/name_f]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_u]Dessie[/name_u]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
d’Artagnan
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]
[name_u]Delta[/name_u]
[name_f]Dodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Delyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Deryn[/name_f]
[name_f]Deenie[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_u]Darby[/name_u]
[name_f]Dilara[/name_f]
[name_f]Desiree[/name_f]
[name_f]Darshini[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u] (both Day-nun and Dah-nuh)
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite with prominent ‘D’ sounds:

[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]

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[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Dot[/name_f]

[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Leander[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lysandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite D names are [name_f]Daria[/name_f], [name_f]Danielle[/name_f], [name_m]Dante[/name_m], [name_m]Darius[/name_m], [name_f]Daylily[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], and [name_u]David[/name_u].

[name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], and [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] are some of my favorites that don’t start with D but have D’s in them.

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[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f] (not really useable probably)
[name_f]Dottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]

[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
[name_f]Edelweiss[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudolph[/name_m]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_u]Freddy[/name_u]

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i don’t have many D names on my master lists - here’s what i have!:

boys

  • [name_m]Damien[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Darius[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Darwin[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Declan[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Draco[/name_m]

girls

  • [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Della[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Delphi[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Doğa[/name_f] - doh-AH
  • [name_f]Donatella[/name_f]
  • Dorofeia
  • [name_f]Dorotea[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Doveva[/name_f]
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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite D name that I feel gets no appreciation on Nameberry is [name_f]Deanna[/name_f]! I think it’s so beautiful and fits any personality. I’m also really drawn to D__na names in general – [name_f]Deanna[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_f]Deena[/name_f], and [name_f]Dawna[/name_f] come to mind.

I won’t list every other D name on my long list since a lot of them have already been mentioned. But a few more that I like that I haven’t seen listed:
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u] (for any gender!)
[name_f]Delancey[/name_f]
[name_u]Denver[/name_u] (also for any gender)
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_u]Darragh[/name_u]
[name_m]Dewey[/name_m]
[name_f]Darla[/name_f]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u] / [name_u]Dillon[/name_u] (surprised this wasn’t mentioned yet!)
[name_m]Darrow[/name_m]
[name_m]Dawsey[/name_m]
[name_f]Dovie[/name_f]

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[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] is my favourite at the moment.

[name_m]Dionysius[/name_m]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
[name_f]Dasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Delfina[/name_f]
[name_u]Odysseus[/name_u]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Willodean[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]

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[name_u]Bodhi[/name_u]
[name_u]Davis[/name_u]
[name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
Dickens
[name_u]Eider[/name_u]
[name_m]Hardin[/name_m]
[name_m]Indio[/name_m]
[name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Judson[/name_m]
[name_m]Quade[/name_m]
[name_u]Raiden[/name_u]
[name_u]Red[/name_u]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]

[name_f]Acadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_u]Davy[/name_u]
[name_m]Daley[/name_m]
Davanee
Druin
[name_f]Dulcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Duska[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Idun[/name_f]
[name_f]Jedda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludivine[/name_f]
[name_f]Magda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuesday[/name_f]
[name_f]Vada[/name_f]

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[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]

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Thoughts and replies :)

@GeographyDragon I love [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]. I have colour hearing/grapheme synaesthesia and D is a dark colour to me, so the imagery in my mind for the name [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] is something like this:


@MichelleM [name_f]Delia[/name_f] is sumptuous! [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] is a rich dark purple to me mostly for the above reasons! I’m not sure where the purple comes in!
@daisymeadows I’m a big fan of [name_m]Dacre[/name_m]! At first it sounded too gothic to me, but I love the meaning and I’ve come to love the sound of it too. [name_m]Dacken[/name_m] is new to me, thank you so much! I feel the same was as I did about [name_m]Dacre[/name_m] - I’m instantly drawn to it, but it sounds a bit dracula or something :rofl: Another name i had to warm up to for the same odd reason is [name_f]Dagney[/name_f], which I now absolutely love.

It’s quite an unusual/unpopular starting letter isn’t it? How is Dúnn pronounced please?
@Greyblue [name_u]Damaris[/name_u] :heart: [name_f]Edith[/name_f] is probably my favourite name with a prominent D within, closely followed by [name_u]Meredith[/name_u].
@mololy yes sadly, [name_f]Dorcas[/name_f] is probably never coming back! I also love [name_f]Dinah[/name_f] :ok_hand:t3: [name_f]Edie[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f].

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[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphi[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] / [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcie[/name_f]
[name_u]Dagny[/name_u]
[name_u]Demeter[/name_u]
[name_f]Duna[/name_f]
[name_f]Drucilla[/name_f] / [name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]

[name_m]Draco[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Darwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Deucalion[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Daphnis[/name_m]
[name_u]December[/name_u]
[name_m]Dover[/name_m]
[name_m]Dáithí[/name_m]

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I never thought about how unusual it is, but yeah, now you mention it… It’s certainly unpopular with me :sweat_smile: Dúnn is pronounced “doon”

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[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Derek[/name_m]
[name_u]Devin[/name_u]
[name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]

[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Deandra[/name_f]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]

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