Names beginning with D

Daena

Conscience-soul (Zoroastrian)

Avestan/Persian

Dafna

Laurel (Hebrew Daphne)

Hebrew/Greek

Damkina

Lady of the earth (Marduk's mother)

Sumerian/Akkadian

Dana

Judgment / God is my judge (Dana Delany; Queen Latifah's birth name)

Hebrew/English

Daniella

God is my judge (Italian feminine of Daniel)

Hebrew/Italian

Danielle

God is my judge (Danielle Steel, 800M+ books sold)

French/Hebrew

Darya

Sea; gift

Russian/Persian/Urdu

Dax

From Dax / leader (Dax Shepard; Star Trek's Jadzia Dax)

French/English

Dayana

Divine (Spanish form of Diana; Dayana Mendoza Miss Universe)

Spanish/Latin

Defne

Laurel (Turkish form of Daphne)

Turkish/Greek

Della

Noble (Della Reese, Touched by an Angel)

English/Germanic

Delores

Sorrows (variant of Dolores; Our Lady of Sorrows)

Spanish/Latin

Delphine

Dolphin / from Delphi (Saint Delphine; Delphine Seyrig)

French/Greek

Desislava

Glory-seeker

Bulgarian/Slavic

Destiny

Fate / what is destined (Destiny's Child + Destiny Etiko)

English/Latin

Diah

Lady, esteemed woman

Javanese/Indonesian

Dian

Divine (Dian Fossey, mountain gorilla researcher)

English/Latin

Diane

Royal mistress (Diane de Poitiers, Henry II's favorite)

French/Latin

Didda

Kashmir's ruling queen (Catherine of Kashmir)

Sanskrit/Kashmiri

Dihya

The beautiful one

Berber/Tamazight

Dilara

Beloved (Ottoman heritage + Turkish popular)

Turkish/Persian/Urdu

Dilnoza

Delicate heart (Central Asian heritage)

Uzbek/Tajik

Diwa

Spirit, soul, essence

Filipino/Tagalog

Diwata

Fairy, nature spirit

Filipino/Tagalog

Dominika

Of the Lord (iconic Slovak tennis champion)

Polish/Slovak

Donya

World, universe

Persian/Arabic

Dorota

Gift of God (Polish Dorothy)

Polish/Greek

Drew

Manly / strong (Drew Barrymore, Drew Barrymore Show)

English/Germanic

Dua

Love / prayer (Dua Lipa, global pop star)

Albanian/Arabic

Duke

Leader / commander (John Wayne; Duke Ellington)

English/Latin