Girl · English, from Latin through French
Desire
Say it: dih-ZIRE
Meaning
The English word desire; the Puritan sense was spiritual longing for God.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found among the Pilgrim families of Plymouth Colony.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 4,959 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 11,500 girls
- 101 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Desire Minter, Mayflower passenger
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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