Elements Starting with D

ɗa Hausa
Hausa word meaning "son".

da 1 English
Phonetic element /dɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /də/).

da 2 δᾶ Ancient Greek
Doric Greek form of ge.

da 3 Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good".

dá 达, 達 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "achieve, arrive at, intelligent".

dà 大 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "big, great, vast, high".

dae 大, 대 Korean
Korean reading of dà.

dæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "day".

dæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dale, valley".

dag Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "day".

dagaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "day".

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "day".

dahlia Various
Word denoting a variety of flower.

dài 代 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "generation, era".

dai 大 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of dà.

daina Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian and Latvian word meaning "song".

dair Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "oak".

dal Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dale, valley".

dalah דָּלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to draw up, to hang".

dalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dale, valley".

dalĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "distance".

dalitso Chewa
Chewa word meaning "blessing".

daliyyah דָּלִיָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "hanging branch".

dallr Old Norse
Old Norse word possibly meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

dam 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ox, deer".

dam 2 Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word meaning "water drop".

dama दाम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rope, garland".

damazo δαμάζω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to tame".

damir ضمير Arabic
Arabic word meaning "mind, heart, conscience".

damm Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch and Old English word (unattested) meaning "dam".

dammaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dam".

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

dana دانا Persian
Persian word meaning "wise".

danc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".

danesh دانش Persian
Persian word meaning "knowledge, learning".

danir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

danŭ данъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "given", a participle of dati.

dào 1 道 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "path, road, way".

dào 2 稻 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rice plant".

dào 3 纛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "banner".

dǎo 岛, 島 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "island".

daphne δάφνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "laurel".

dar دار Persian
Persian suffix indicating ownership.

darbin դարբին Armenian
Armenian word meaning "blacksmith".

darshana दर्शन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "seeing, observing, understanding, philosophy".

darŭ даръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "gift".

darya دریا Persian
Persian word meaning "sea, ocean".

darzi درزی Persian
Persian word meaning "tailor".

dasa दास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "servant, slave".

đạt 達 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of dá.

data 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "given".

datam 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "law".

dati дати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to give".

dawlah دولة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "country, state".

day English
Phonetic element /deɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as day, dey or dai.

daya दया Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "compassion, pity".

ḏd 𓆓𓂧 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "stability".

dé 1 德 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "ethics, morality, virtue".

dé 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "arrive, come".

dè Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "without, in the absence of".

deah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dye".

decanus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "chief".

dech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "honour, better".

dějanĭje дѣꙗниѥ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "deed, action".

del 1 Welsh
Welsh word meaning "pretty, neat".

del 2 دل Persian
Persian word meaning "heart".

delb Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "form, image".

delicatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

demos δῆμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "the people".

den 1 English
Phonetic element /dɛn/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position, as /dən/).

den 2 電 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of diàn.

dèng 邓, 鄧 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the former state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubai province.

dēng 登 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rise, ascend".

dengir Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "sea".

denu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

deore Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear".

der 1 English
Phonetic element /dɜɹ/ in English names.

der 2 Old Irish
Old Irish prefix meaning "daughter".

derch Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "exalted".

desętĭ десѧть Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ten".

desha देश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "region, place, country".

desiderare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to desire".

desiti десити Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to find, to encounter".

dess Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "south".

děti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to do, to say".

deukes δευκής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sweet".

deurjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dear".

deva देव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "god".

devi देवी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "goddess".

dēwos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "god".

dhananjaya धनंजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "winning wealth".

dharma धर्म Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue".

dhavala धवल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dazzling white".

dhira धीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wise".

dhu ذو Arabic
Arabic word meaning "possessor, holder, master".

dhuriya धुरीय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bearing a burden".

di Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "become, change into".

dì 1 地 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "earth, soil, ground".

dì 2 帝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "god, emperor".

dì 3 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "tie, bind, bundle".

dị Igbo
Igbo word meaning "is (has the quality)".

día Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "god".

diakonos διάκονος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "servant".

diamas Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "diamond".

diàn 1 佃 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tenant farmer".

diàn 2 电, 電 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "electricity, lightning".

diàn 3 甸 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "suburbs, outskirts".

diǎn 典 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rule, ceremony".

dianthus Various
Word for the dianthus flower, derived from Greek meaning "heavenly flower".

dic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "ditch, dike".

did Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "day".

dié 蝶 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "butterfly".

diệp 葉 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yè.

diệu 妙 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of miào.

dīkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "ditch, pond".

dike δίκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "justice, custom, order".

dịlị Igbo
Igbo word meaning "belongs to" (dịrị in Central dialect).

dilys Welsh
Welsh word meaning "genuine".

din 1 دين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "religion, faith, belief".

din 2 דִּין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

dina दिन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "day".

dinar دينار Arabic
Arabic word referring to a type of currency, ultimately from Latin denarius.

dīng 丁 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "man, person". This is the fourth of the ten heavenly stems.

đình 廷 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of tíng.

dinh 營 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yíng.

dĭnĭnica дьньница Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus".

diota Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people, tribe".

dipa दीप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lamp, light".

dipaka दीपक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "inflaming, exciting".

dipali दिपाली Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "row of lamps".

dipti दीपति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brightness, light".

dís Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "goddess".

disha दिशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "region, direction".

dīsiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "goddess, woman".

ditë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "day".

diutisk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".

divĭnŭ дивьнъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "wonderful".

divus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "divine, godly".

divya दिव्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "divine, heavenly".

diya ضياء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "splendour, light, glow".

dlongos Ancient (Hypothetical)
Indo-European root meaning "long".

'dn Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "lord, master".

đỗ 杜 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of dù.

do 1 道, 도 Korean
Korean reading of dào.

do 2 度, 도 Japanese, Korean
Japanese and Korean reading of dù.

dǫbrava дѫбрава Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "oak grove, forest".

dobrŭ добръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "good".

dǫbŭ дѫбъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "oak".

dod דּוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "beloved" or "uncle".

dokeo δοκέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to think, to imagine, to suppose, to expect".

dokimos δόκιμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "approved, esteemed, tested".

dol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "meadow".

dolen Welsh
Welsh word meaning "ring, little loop, link of a chain".

dolor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sorrow".

domina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lady, mistress" (feminine form of dominus).

dominus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "master".

domŭ домъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "house".

domun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "world, deep".

dòng 栋, 棟 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pillar, beam".

dǒng 董 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "direct, supervise".

dōng 1 东, 東 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "east".

dōng 2 冬 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "winter".

dong 東, 동 Korean
Korean reading of dōng.

donn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "brown".

dor דּוֹר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "generation".

dorchae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

dorgŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dear, precious".

Dorieis Δωριεῖς Ancient Greek
Greek word for the tribe of the Dorians.

dorn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thorn".

doron δῶρον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gift".

dosis δόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "giving".

dotei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to give".

dotos δοτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "given, granted".

dǒu 斗 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "dipper", also referring to a Chinese constellation and to a unit of measure (for volume).

dougjos Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "much".

doulos δοῦλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "slave".

doxa δόξα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "notion, reputation, honour, glory".

'ḏr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to help".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

drakon δράκων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dragon, serpent".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

dritë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "light".

drud Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strength".

du 𒄭 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "good".

dú 1 读, 讀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "read, study".

dú 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "lead, guide".

dù 1 杜 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".

dù 2 渡 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cross, ferry".

dù 3 度 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "size, extent, limit".

dǔ 笃, 篤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "deep, true, sincere".

dū 都 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "city".

dub Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "black".

dubnos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "world, deep".

đức 德 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of dé.

duda Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bagpipes, pipes".

dudŭkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hoopoe (bird)".

duiu Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "god".

dulcis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sweet".

dumisa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to praise".

dumu 𒌉 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "son, child".

dùn 顿, 頓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pause".

dūn 敦 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "honest".

dun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill, mountain".

duna Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dune, hill".

dũng 勇 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yǒng.

dunja дуња South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "quince" (from Latin cydonia, of Greek origin).

dunn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dark, brown".

dūnǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hill, dune" (possibly of Celtic origin).

dūnom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "rampart, hill fort, citadel".

duō 多 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "many".

dương 1 陽 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yáng.

dương 2 楊 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yáng.

durans Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "enduring".

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").

duša дꙋша Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "soul, spirit, breath".

dusnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "brown".

dust دوست Persian
Persian word meaning "friend".

dux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leader".

dwa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "only".

dwfr Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "water".

dy 1 English
Phonetic element /daɪ/ in English names.

dy 2 Old Welsh
Welsh prefix meaning "to, toward" (in some cases perfective, intensifying or persistent; in other cases not changing the meaning of the root).