Latin Names that Start With D

Once a birth order name, now might work as a cool x-ending nickname. But be warned that it sounds very close to an unfortunate slang term.

Tastier than Alicia or Felicia.

Durant's meaning signifies staying power, a good quality to impart to your child. Notables with the surname Durant include Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Will and Ariel Durant, most famous for their eleven-volume The Story of Civilization, and William Crappo Durant, co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet.

Widely used in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, has an air of generosity and could easily be adopted here.

Seems to cry out for another syllable.

Pleasingly quaint and dainty New Testament possibility; the nickname Dru modernizes it.

Dacia is an ancient place-name -- it was in Eastern Europe -- as lacy as Dacey, but more substantial.

Has a sweetness via its relation to such words as dulcet; other similar possibilities are DULCE, DULCINA, and the down-home DULCIE. Though this Latin names for girls is rarely heard in contemporary times in this form, Dulcie is found.

Dexter turned ultracool for a girl when Diane Keaton named her daughter Dexter Dean. Dexter is getting a new style gloss for both genders thanks to (unlikely) baby name role model, television's Dexter the genial serial killer.

Domitilla is the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Vespasianus and the mother of the emperors Titus and Domitianus. There is a Santa Domitilla with catacombs in Rome named after her.

Most distinctive of the Dominic-related girls' names.

Real name that sounds like a made-up combination of Dillon and Lillian.

Evokes a sympathetic feeling of generosity and charity.

Variation on the Delight-Delicia theme.

Ancient Italian martyr's name that's a rarity here and now.