Given name
Désirée
“one who is desired”
In Dutch use, Désirée has a related form in Desiree. One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Désirée has a related form in Desiree. One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Désirée has a related form in Desiree. An origin associated with Desiree is French. In English use, Désirée has a related form in Desirée. An origin associated with Desirée is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Désirée is a feminine form of Desiderius.
Désirée’s family of names
In French usage, Désirée is a feminine form of Desiderius. In English usage, Désirée has an alternative spelling in Desiree. In Dutch usage, Désirée has a related form in Desiree.
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Around the world
Désirée has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Desiraeequivalent
- Desiequivalent
- Deseraeequivalent
- Dezaraeequivalent
- Zizigallo
- Zirêyecognate · Walloon
- Desideriaequivalent
- Desyequivalent
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People named Désirée
- Princess Désirée, Baroness SilfverschiöldSwedish princess; elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1938–2026)
- Désirée NosbuschLuxembourgian presenter and actressborn 1965
- Désirée Artôtsinger (1835–1907)
- Désirée GayFrench feminist, editor1810–1890
- Désirée NickGerman television personalityborn 1956
- Dési von Halbanopera singer; wife of Jacques Goudstikker (1912–1996)
- Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern-SigmaringenGerman princessborn 1963
- Desirée GoyetteAmerican singerborn 1956
- Désirée Ehrlercyclistborn 1991
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