| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Dean | From the valley. | Male | English |
| Deanna | divine | Female | English |
| Debbie | Bee. Deborah was the Biblical prophetess who summoned Barak to battle against an army of invaders. After the battle she wrote a victory song which is part of the Book of Judges.
| Female | Short |
| Deborah | a bee, to speak kind words | Female | Hebrew. |
| Debra | Bee. Deborah was the Biblical prophetess who summoned Barak to battle against an army of invaders. After the battle she wrote a victory song which is part of the Book of Judges.
| Female | Spelling |
| Dennis | Named for Saint Denys
| Male | |
| Derek | and brother Domino, from the '70s rock group Derek and the Dominoes | Male | English |
| Derrick | Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
| Male | |
| Diana | divine | Female | Latin |
| Diane | divine | Female | |
| Dianne | divine | Female | Spelling |
| Don | World Leader | Male | English |
| Donald | ruler of the world, brown stranger | Male | Scottish |
| Donna | Lady
| Female | Italian |
| Dora | gift | Female | Greek |
| Doris | a dorian woman, of the sea | Female | Greek |
| Dorothy | a gift of god | Female | English |
| Duane | dark, from the dunes | Male | Irish |
| Dustin | valiant fighter, dark stone | Male | Norse |
| Dwight | fair, fair one | Male | |
| Earl | A British nobleman equivalent to a European count | Male | English |
| Eddie | From Edward - Prosperous guardian | Male | English |
| Edgar | Fortunate and powerful.
| Male | |
| Edith | Happy warfare. Spoils of war.
| Female | English |
| Edna | pleasure, delight | Female | Hebrew |