Désirée

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Girl · Latin, through French

Désirée

Say it: day-zee-RAY

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Meaning

From Latin desiderata 'desired'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Beloved

Carried to Sweden by Désirée Clary and used across Europe since.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1980s

In the United States

00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1983per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 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

  1. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
  2. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

FrenchDutchAmerican

The family of the name

Other spellings: Desirée

EnglishDesiree
ItalianDesiderata

Famous bearers

  • Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden and Norway

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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

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