Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Desa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Desa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 239
- 0 boys · 239 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 381 as a first name in 2020; 882 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Desa’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Desa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Deena
Deena is a feminine given name.
>99% girls
Dena
“from the valley; a church official”
>99% girls
Darci
“a dark beauty” · “having dark features”
>99% girls
Demetria
Demetria is a feminine given name.
>99% girls
Domenica
“born on the Lord's day”
>99% girls
Elissa
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Melisa
Melisa is a feminine given name from Greek. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
>99% girls
Reena
“one who sings a joyous song”
>99% girls