Boys' Names: A


Name(Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Daedalus	Greek	Cunning
Dafydd	Welsh	see David
Dag	Scandinavian	Day
Dagan	Hebrew	Grain
Dagon	Unknown	A god
Dagobert	Old Norse	Bright day
Daibhi (daw-vee)/Daibhead	Gaelic	see David
Daichi	Japanese	Grand first son
Daigh (dei) (also Daighre)	Gaelic	Flame
Daimhin	Gaelic	see Davin
Daire (daw-re)	Gaelic	Fruitful
Dairne	Unknown	Unknown
Daithi (daw-hee)	Gaelic (from Nathi)	Nephew of Eo
Daividh	Gaelic	see David
Dakir	Unknown	Unknown
Dakota	Native American	Friend
Dale	Old English	Little valley
Dallan (dol-awn)	Gaelic	Blind one
Dallas	Gaelic	Wise
Daley		see Daly
Dallin	Old English	From the dale
Dalphon	Unknown	Unknown
Dalton	Old English	Valley town
Daly (also Daley)	Gaelic	Frequenter of gatherings
Damalis	Greek	Gentle
Damek	Slavic	Earth
Damen/Dameion		see Damian
Damhan	Gaelic	see Davin
Damian (also Damen, Dameion, Damiano, Damien, Damon)	Greek	To tame
Dan	Hebrew	To vindicate
Dana (also Dane)	Old Norse	From Denmark
Danann	Gaelic	From the spirit people
Dane	Unknown	see Dana
Daniel (also Danil, Danny, Danyl)	Hebrew	God is my judge
Dante (also Danton)	Italian	Enduring
Danyl		see Daniel
Dara (also Daren, Darin, Darragh, Darran, Darren, Darrin)	Gaelic	Son of the oak
Darby	Old Norse	Deer town
Darcy (also Darcey, Darcie)	Gaelic	Descendant of the dark one
Dard	Unknown	Son of Zeus
Darda	Hebrew	Unknown
Darden	French	From Ardennes
Daren	Nigerian Gaelic	Born at night see Dara
Dareo		see Darius
Darian/Darien		see Darius
Darin	Persian Gaelic	Precious present see Dara
Darius (also Dareo, Darian, Darien, Dario, Darrion, Darrius, Dorian)	Greek	Good
Darkon	Hebrew	Carrier
Darnell	English	Hidden nook
Darragh/Darran/Darren/Darrin	Gaelic	see Dara
Darrel/Darrell		see Darryl
Darrion/Darrius		see Darius
Darryl (also Darrel, Darrell, Daryl)	French	Beloved
Darshan	Hindu	A god
Darwin	Old English	Dear friend
Daryl		see Darryl
Dasan	Unknown	Ruler
Dathan	Hebrew	Strong
David (also Dafydd, Daibhi, Daibhead, Daividh, Daud, Dave, Davi, Davis, Dawid, Dawson, Dawud, Dewey, Dewi)	Hebrew	Beloved
Davin (also Daimhin, Damham)	Gaelic	Ox, deer
Davis		see David
Davu	Unknown	The beginning
Dawid		see David
Dawson		see David
Dawud		see David
Dax (also Daxton)	French	Water
Daylin	Unknown	Blacksmith with supernatural powers
Dayton	Unknown	Bright and sunny town
De Wayne		see Duane
Deacon	Greek	Servant
Deaglan (also Declan)	Gaelic	Full of goodness
Dean	Old English Latin	Valley Leader
Deandre	French	Man
Deargan (dara-gawn)	Gaelic	Little red one
Debiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Debir	Hebrew	Oracle
Decimus	Latin	Tenth
Decker	English	Roofer
Declan	Gaelic	see Deaglan
Dedan	Hebrew	Unknown
Deemer	Old English	Judge
Deimos	Greek	Terror
Deiter	Unknown	Army of the people
Dejaun	Unknown	Flame
Del		see Delaney
Delaiah	Hebrew	God has raised
Delaine	Unknown	Descendant of the challenger
Delaney (also Del, Delano)	French	From the alder grove
Delbert	Teutonic	Bright
Delmar	Old French	Mariner
Delsin	Native American	He is so
Deman	Dutch	Man
Demario	Italian	Combination of De and Mario
Dembe	Unknown	Peace
Demetrius (also Demetrio, Demitrius, Dima, Dimitri, Dmitri, Dmitry)	Greek	Belonging to Demeter
Democritus	Greek	Judge of the people
Demon (also Demonio)	Greek	The people
Demosthenes	Greek	Vigour of the people
Dempster	English	Judge
Denali	Unknown	Great one
Deniro	Unknown	Unknown
Denley	Old English	From the valley meadow
Denis/Dennis/Denny		see Dionysus
Denver	Unknown	Green valley
Denzell (also Denzel, Denzil, Denzyl)	Unknown	Unknown
Deo	Unknown	Godlike
Deon		see Dionysus
Der		see Derek
Derby	Unknown	From the village of Danes
Derek (also Der, Derex, Derrick, Diederick, Dierk, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk)	Teutonic	Ruler of the people
Dermot/Dermott		see Diarmaid
Derrick		see Derek
Derron	Unknown	Great
Derry	Gaelic	Descendant of the red haired one
Derwin	Old English	Friend of wild animals
Desiderio (also Des, Desi)	Spanish	Desire
Desmumhnach (das-u-nach) (also Desmond)	Gaelic	Man from South Munster
Detlef	Teutonic	Heritage of the people
Deuel	Hebrew	Knowledge of God
Deven (also Devin, Devnet, Devon)	Gaelic	A poet
Devereaux	Unknown	Unknown
Devin		see Deven
Devlin	Celtic	Brave
Devnet		see Deven
Devon		see Deven
Dewey/Dewi		see David
Dewitt	Unknown	Blonde
Dexter	Latin	Skilled
Diallo	African	Bold
Diarmaid (also Dermot, Dermott, Diarmait)	Gaelic	Envy free
Diavion	Unknown	Unknown
Dibri	Hebrew	Unknown
Dick	Teutonic (fromRichard)	Red king, great king
Didier	Unknown	Desire
Diederick		see Derek
Diego	Greek	Teaching
Dierk		see Derek
Dieter	Germanic	People's warrior
Dietfried	Germanic	People's peace
Diethelm	Germanic	People's helmet
Dietmar	Germanic	Famous people
Dietrich		see Derek
Digby	Old Norse	Ditch town
Dijon	Unknown	Unknown
Diklah	Hebrew	Unknown
Dilbert	Germanic	Bright
Diliza	African	Destroyer of evil
Dillan/Dillon		see Dylan
Dima/Dimitri		see Demetrius
Dinh	Vietnamese	Summit
Dinhabah	Hebrew	Unknown
Dinis/Dino		see Dionysus
Diodorus	Greek	Gift of Zeus
Diodotus	Greek	Giver of Zeus
Diogenes	Greek	Born of Zeus
Diokles	Greek	Glory of Zeus
Diomedes	Greek	Thought of Zeus
Dion		see Dionysus
Dionysodros	Greek	Gift of Dionysus
Dionysus (also Denis, Dennis, Denny, Deon, Dinis, Dino, Dion, Dionysios, Dionysius, Dwight)	Greek	Of Zeus
Diotrephes	Greek	Nourished by Zeus
Dirk		see Derek
Dishon (also Dishan)	Hebrew	Unknown
Disgleirio	Welsh	Shine
Dixon	Teutonic	Powerful ruler
Dmitri/Dmitry		see Demetrius
Doane	Celtic	Dune dweller
Dobrogost	Slavic	Kind guest
Dobromil	Polish	Kind grace
Dobry	Polish	Good
Doctor	Unknown	The seventh son of the seventh son
Dodai	Hebrew	Beloved
Dodanim	Hebrew	Unknown
Dodo	Hebrew	Unknown
Doeg	Hebrew	Unknown
Doinnle	Gaelic	see Donleavy
Dolph	Unknown	Wolf shield
Domenic (also Dom, Domani, Domenico, Domingo, Dominic, Dominick, Dominik)	Latin	Belonging to the Lord
Domhnall	Gaelic	see Donal
Domingo		see Domenic
Dominic/Dominick/Dominik		see Domenic
Don		see Donal
Donagh (dun-a) (also Donncha, Donnchadh)	Gaelic	Brown warrior
Donahi	Unknown	Big soul
Donal (doe-nil) (also Domhnall, Don, Donald, Donall, Donelle, Donnie, Donny)	Gaelic	Ruler of the world
Donard	Gaelic	World
Donato (also Donat, Donatello, Donatien)	Latin	Given
Donegal (dun-e-gaul)	Gaelic	Fort of the foreigner
Donegan		see Donn
Donelle		see Donal
Donleavy (also Doinnle, Donn Slebe)	Gaelic	Brown one of the mountain
Donn (dun) (also Donegan, Donnagan)	Gaelic	Brown
Donn Slebe		see Donleavy
Donnabhan	Gaelic	see Donovan
Donnagan		see Donn
Donnan (dun-awn)	Gaelic	Little brown one
Donncha/Donnchadh	Gaelic	see Donagh
Donncuan (dun-koo-an)	Gaelic	Donn of the houndpack
Donnel	Unknown	A hill
Donnelly	Celtic	A brave dark man
Donnie/Donny		see Donal
Donovan (also Donnabhan)	Gaelic	Dark brown one
Doogan	Gaelic	see Dubhagan
Doran (also Dorran)	Gaelic	Descendant of the exiled one
Dorcan		see Duarcan
Dorian		see Darius
Doron (also Dorrance)	Greek	Gift
Dorran	Gaelic	see Doran
Dorrance	Greek	see Doron
Dorset (also Dorsey)	Unknown	A tribe
Doug		see Douglas
Dougal (also Dubgall, Dubhghall)	Gaelic	Dark foreigner
Douglas (also Doug, Douglass, Dubhglas,Duglas)	Gaelic	Dark green
Dov	Hebrew	Bear
Doyle	Gaelic	Descendant of Dougal
Doyt	Hebrew	see Dwight
Draco	Greek	see Drake
Dragomir (also Dragan)	Slavic	Previous and great
Drake (also Draco)	Latin	Dragon
Drew (also Dru)	Germanic	Trustworthy
Driscoll (also Driskoll)	Gaelic	Messenger
Dru		see Drew
Dualtach (doo-al-tach) (also Dubaltach, Dubhaltach)	Gaelic	Dark limbed
Duane (also De Wayne, Duwane, Dwain, Dwaine, Dwane, Dwayne)	Gaelic	Descendant of the dark haired one
Duarcan (duar-cawn) (also Dorcan, Durcan)	Gaelic	Sad
Duarte	Portuguese	Rich guard
Dub Da Leithe	Gaelic	see Dubhdaleithe
Dubacan	Gaelic	see Dubhagan
Dubaku	African	Eleventh born child
Dubaltach	Gaelic	see Dualtach
Duban	Gaelic	see Dubhan
Dubgall	Gaelic	see Dougal
Dubh (duv)	Gaelic	Dark
Dubhagan (doo-gan) (also Doogan, Dubacan, Duggan)	Gaelic	Little dark lad
Dubhaltach	Gaelic	see Dualtach
Dubhan (doo-an) (also Duban)	Gaelic	Dark haired person
Dubhdaleithe (doo-daw-le-he) (also Dub Da Leithe)	Gaelic	Dark man of two sides
Dubhdara (doo-dara) (also Dubhdarach)	Gaelic	Dark man of the oak
Dubhghall	Gaelic	see Dougal
Dubhglas	Gaelic	see Douglas
Dubhog (duv-ogue)	Gaelic	Little dark one
Dubhthach (doo-fach) (also Dubthach, Dufach)	Gaelic	Dark one
Duc	Unknown	Moral
Dudley	Old English	Dudda's clearing
Dufach	Gaelic	see Dubhthach
Duff (also Duffy)	Gaelic	Dark
Dugan	English	Worthy
Duggan	Gaelic	see Dubhagan
Duglas		see Douglas
Duka	Unknown	All
Duke	Latin	Leader
Dumah	Hebrew	Silence
Duman	Turkish	Misty
Duncan	Celtic	Dark warrior
Dunixi	Unknown	God of wine
Dunja	Unknown	Fruit quince
Dunlop	Scottish	Muddy hill
Dunn (also Dunne)	English	Brown
Dunstan	English	From the brown rock quarry
Durand	Latin	Enduring
Durcan		see Duarcan
Durward	Old English	Door guard
Durwin	Anglo Saxon	Beloved friend
Dusan	Slavic	God is my judge
Dustin (also Dusty)	Old Norse	Thor's stone
Dutch	German	The German
Duvon	Unknown	Unknown
Duwane	Gaelic	see Duane
Dwain/Dwaine/Dwane/Dwayne		see Duane
Dwight (also Doyt)	Unknown	see Dionysus
Dwyer	Gaelic	Dark wisdom
Dwyn	Celtic	Love
Dylan (also Dillan, Dillon)	Welsh	Sea
Dymas	Greek	Father of Hecate