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Girl · Latin, through French
Désirée
Say it: day-zee-RAY
Meaning
From Latin desiderata 'desired'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Carried to Sweden by Désirée Clary and used across Europe since.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 82,725 babies given this name since 1910
- At its height in 1983, about 1 in 573 girls
- 228 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Desirée
| English | Desiree |
|---|---|
| Italian | Desiderata |
Famous bearers
- Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden and Norway
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.