Given name & surname
Destine
“recognizing one's certain fortune; fate”
Destine is a variant of Destiny. One English interpretation is “recognizing one's certain fortune; fate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Destine is a variant of Destiny. One English interpretation is “recognizing one's certain fortune; fate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Destine is a variant of Destiny. An origin associated with Destiny is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Destine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,421
- 199 boys · 1,222 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 31% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 101 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,231 as a first name in 2020; 945 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.
Destine’s family of names
Destine has a related form in Destiny.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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