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De Waal Dutch, WalloonMeans "the Walloon" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch
wale, originally indicating a person who came from Wallonia, a French-speaking region of southern Belgium. It could also possibly be a variant spelling of
Van Der Walle and
De Walle meaning "the wall"', though evidence for this is lacking... [
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De Waard DutchFrom Dutch
waard "innkeeper, host, landlord, protector", derived from Middle Dutch
weert. Alternatively, from Middle Dutch
waert "floodplain, riverine island".
Dewan Indian, PakistaniStatus name for a treasurer or court official, from Arabic
diwan "royal court", "tribunal of justice", or "treasury". Under the Mughal administration in India the dewan was usually the highest official in a state.
Dewan Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, NepaliFrom a title for a high-ranking government official or minister, derived from Persian دیوان
(divan) meaning "royal court, tribunal, ministry, assembly".
Dewasiri SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit देव
(deva) meaning "god" and श्री
(śrī) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" or "holy, sacred".
De Wilde DutchMeans "the wild", from Middle Dutch
wilt "wild, savage, untamed".
De Winter DutchMeans "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.
De Wolf Dutch, FlemishMeans "the wolf", a nickname given to someone associated with wolves in some way, or a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a wolf. Could also be a patronymic form of
Wolf.
Dhanapala SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धन
(dhana) meaning "wealth, riches, prize" and पाल
(pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Dhar Indian, BengaliDerived from Sanskrit उद्धार
(uddhara) meaning "credit, deliverance, redemption".
Dhar Indian, KashmiriMeaning uncertain, possibly from an honourific title given to a village head, a strongman or a warlord.
Dharmadasa SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and दास
(dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Dharmapala SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and पाल
(pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Dharmapriya SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and प्रिय
(priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
Dharmaratne SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and रत्न
(ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Dharmasena SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and सेना
(senā) meaning "army".
Dharmasiri SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and श्री
(shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Dharmawansa SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and वंश
(vansa) meaning "lineage, clan, family".
Dharmawardana SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and वर्धन
(vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Dhobi IndianFrom Sanskrit धोबी (
dhōbī) meaning "washerman".
Dhulgale SomaliDhulgale – "Land Holder" (referring to someone who owns or works a large piece of land)
Diab ArabicDerived from Arabic ذئب
(dhiʾb) meaning "wolf".
Diabate Western AfricanFrom the name of the Diabaté clan of the Mandinka and the closely related Soninke peoples, usually interpreted as “the irresistible.”
Diakos GreekMeaning Deacon. Notable bearer of this name is Athanasios Diakos (1786–1821), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence and a national hero.
Dial ScottishVariant of
Dalziel, representing the usual pronunciation of this name in Scotland. Perhaps also an altered form of Irish
Dyal.
Dial Western AfricanFrom the name of the Dial clan of the Fulani people of unexplained etymology. The younger form of the clan name is
Diallo.
Diallo Western African, FulaDerived from the Fula clan name
Jallo of uncertain meaning. Diallo is a common name throughout West Africa.
Diamandis Greek"Diamonds" in Greek. One notable bearer of the surname is Marina Lambrini Diamandis, A Welsh/Greek Songwriter and Singer who preforms under the stage name of "Marina and the Diamonds"
Diamant JewishDerived from Yiddish דימענט
(diment) meaning "diamond".
Diamantis GreekDerived from the Byzantine Greek word διαμάντιν (
diamántin), itself from the Italian
diamante (Late Latin
diamas), ultimately from the Ancient Greek word ἀδάμας (
adámas) meaning "diamond".
Diamond JewishAmericanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German
Diamant,
Demant "diamond", or Yiddish
dimet or
diment, from the Middle High German
diemant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone)... [
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Diamond IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Diamáin "descendant of Diamán", earlier
Díomá or
Déamán, a diminutive of
Díoma, itself a pet form of
Diarmaid.
Diamond EnglishEnglish variant of
Dayman (see
Day). Forms with the excrescent d are not found before the 17th century; they are at least in part the result of folk etymology.
Diao ChineseFrom Chinese 刁
(diāo) referring to the ancient state of Diao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. It was adopted due to being homophonous with the character 雕, which was the actual name of the state.
Diasamidze GeorgianMeans "son of
Diasami", from a Georgian given name of unknown meaning, perhaps meaning "master" or derived from Abkhaz дәаӡа
(dwaʒa) meaning "uncultivated land, virgin soil" (thus used to refer to someone who plowed land)... [
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Diawara Western AfricanFrom the name of the Diawara clan and ethnic subgroup of the Soninke people which is apparently derived from the name of the town of Dia in Mali or from the name of the medieval Dia Dynasty of Gao, also in Mali.
Di'bonaria Sardinian (Rare)(Our Lady of Bonaria) Also known as Blessed Virgin Mary located in Cagliari, Italy... Di meaning (of) and Bonaria meaning "Good Natured". Last name given to honor Our Lady of Bonaria.
Di Ciuccio ItalianCiuccio is a surname especially Campano and more precisely of the provinces of Naples and Salerno, should derive from the medieval name Ciuccio, one of the many apheretic hypochoristic forms of the name Francesco, of which a hypochoristic is Francescuccio, which by apheresis becomes Cuccio
Dickensheets English (American)Americanized spelling of German Dickenscheid, a habitational name from a place named Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The place name is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket’, ‘woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’.
Dicker EnglishEither an occupational name for a digger of ditches or a builder of dikes, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike, derived from Middle English
dike or
dik meaning "dyke.
Dickey IrishNorthern Irish: from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.
Di Cola ItalianThe surname Di Cola originates from the diminutive of the male name Nicola, widespread especially in the city of Bari, devoted to its patron saint.
Didukh UkrainianFrom Ukrainian
дідух (didukh), meaning "didukh". A didukh is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration originating from ancient times.
Die FrenchFrom a town called Die in Drôme, France. Possibly from French
dieu meaning "God".
Dieckhaus GermanRefers to a person from a place of the same name near Diepholz in Lower Saxony.
Diehl GermanFrom the given name
Diel,
Tiel, from
Thilo, a diminutive of given names beginning with
Diet-, as such as
Dietrich.
Dielmann German (Modern)It was once spelled as "Dielhmann" and sometimes with one "n". The meaning is unknown, but when I used Google's translator "dielh" means "the" and "mann" was "man".
Diem GermanGerman: from a reduced form of the personal name Dietmar ( see Dittmar ).
Dier Jewishthe name allegedly means "dyer (of clothes)"
Dieringer German (Americanized)Americanized form of German Thüringer, regional name for someone from Thuringia, This was also used as a medieval personal name. Americanized form of German Tieringer, habitational name for someone from Tieringen in Württemberg.
Dierking Low German, DutchHabitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.
Dieu French, WalloonFrom French
dieu "god" given as a nickname for someone who played Christ in medieval mysteries or for a presumptious or an overly religious person, or from a short for of the given name
Dieudonné.
Dieulafoy FrenchFrom Old French
Dieu la foy meaning "God the faith". Famous bearers were the married couple of French archeologists Marcel Dieulafoy (1844-1920) and Jane Dieulafoy (1951-1916). A medical condition of the stomach causing gastric bleeding called "Dieulafoy's lesion" was named after Dr... [
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Difano ItalianRare Italian surname that comes from the city of
Isola di Fano, Presaro e Urbino, Italy.
Diffey EnglishPossibly from Anglo-Norman
defieu meaning "faithless, disloyal", perhaps denoting an unpious person.
Di Francesco ItalianLiterally means "of Francis," and therefore may also mean "son of Francis."
Digby EnglishDerived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English
dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse
býr "farm, town".
Diggins NormanDiggins came to England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066; from the Norman baptismal name which means the son of Diccon, a diminution of the parent name, Richard.
Diggory EnglishPossibly an anglicized form of
Degaré, which might come from the French word
egare. It might mean "the lost one".
Digne FrenchFrom French
digne "dignified, worthy" perhaps a nickname for a hardworking person.
D'ignoti ItalianMeans "of the unknown", a descriptive term for foundlings of unknown parentage that evolved into a given name.
Dijkhuizen DutchMeans "houses in the dike" in Dutch, derived from
dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee" and
huizen meaning "houses, settlement", and so indicated a person who lived in a house close to a dyke or embankment.
Dikshit Indian, Hindi, OdiaFrom Sanskrit दीक्षित
(dikshita) meaning "one who is initiated", ultimately from दीक्षा
(diksha) meaning "initiation, dedication". The term was historically used to refer to teachers and scholars of the Brahmin caste.
Dilabbio ItalianA surname historically used in southern Italy, possibly derived from the Italian "dell avvio" meaning "of the beginning."
Đilas SerbianDerived from
đilas (
ђилас), a rare word meaning "jumper, runner".
Dill EnglishNickname from Middle English
dell,
dill,
dull "dull, foolish".
Dillinger GermanDenoted a person from
Dillingen, a district in the region of Swabia in Bavaria, Germany. This name was borne by the infamous John Dillinger (1903-1934), an American gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression.
Dillingham English (British)Habitational name that probably derives from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire which was recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English
hām) of the people (
-inga-) of Dull(a)’.
Dillon Irish, EnglishCould be an Irish form of the Breton surname
de Léon, meaning "of
Léon", an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Duilleáen, from the given name
Dallán "little blind one", or be from a Norman French personal name derived from Ancient Germanic
Dillo, possibly a byname from
dil- "destroy".
Dilustro LiteratureMadame diLustro is described as a fine cook and an excellent detective. She often hosts dinner parties and flies into a rage if one of her guests arrives even five minutes late. Snicket has to dash off to one of her dinner parties while in the middle of writing The Reptile Room.
Dimaampao Filipino, MaranaoPossibly from the name of Dima'amapaw Kalinan, a character in the Darangen epic. The name itself may be derived from Maranao
di' meaning "no, not" and
ampaw meaning "detoured".
Dimaano Filipino, TagalogMeans "not touched, not injured" from Tagalog
di meaning "no, not" and
maano meaning "have something happen" or
ano meaning "how, what".
Dimaapi Filipino, TagalogMeans "cannot be oppressed" from Tagalog
di- meaning "no, not" and
inaapi meaning "oppressed".
Dimacuha Filipino, TagalogMeans "unobtainable" from Tagalog
di meaning "no, not" and
makuha meaning "to obtain, to get".
Di Maggio ItalianCame from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May.
Dimagiba Filipino, TagalogMeans "indestructible" from Tagalog
di meaning "no, not" and
giba meaning "demolished, destroyed".
Dimaio ItalianDerived either from the given name
Maia or from the Latin "Maies" meaning May
Dimaisip Filipino, TagalogMeans "unfathomable" from Tagalog
di- meaning "no, not" and
isip meaning "intellect, discernment".
Dimalanta Filipino, TagalogMeans "cannot be withered" from Tagalog
di- meaning "no, not" and
malanta meaning "fade, wither, wilt".
Dimaliwat Filipino, TagalogMeans "firm, stubborn" from Tagalog
di meaning "no, not" and
liwat meaning "to transfer (liquid from one container to another)".
Dimapilis Filipino, TagalogMeans "cannot be dissuaded" (literally "cannot be twisted") from Tagalog
di meaning "no, not" and
pili meaning "twisted, contorted".