Need inspiration for biblical boys’ and girls’ names that start with D? Here’s a list of D names in the Bible, their meaning, and where they appear.
DABAREH
Pronunciation: Da’-ber-ath
Meaning: the word; the thing; a bee; obedient
Verses: Joshua 21:28
DABBASHETH
Pronunciation: Dabb-esh’-eth
Meaning: flowing with honey
Verses: Joshua 19:11
DAGON
Pronunciation: Deh’-gon (Dah-gon’)
Meaning: corn; a fish
Verses: 1 Samuel 5:2;3;4;5;7, Judges 16:23, 1 Chronicles 10:10, Joshua 15:41, Joshua 19:27.
DALMANUTHA
Pronunciation:Dal-ma-noo’-tha
Meaning: a bucket; a branch
Verses: Mark 8:10
DALPHON
Pronunciation:Dal’-fon
Meaning: the house of caves
Verses: Esther 9:7
DAMARIS
Pronunciation: Dam’-ar-iss
Meaning: a little woman
Verses: Act 17:34
DAMASCUS
Pronunciation: Da-mas’-kus
Meaning: a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning
Verses: Isaiah 17:1;8, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Corinthians 11:32, 2 Kings 8:5;7, Acts 26:20, Ezekiel 47:18, Jeremiah 49:23;24, Amos 1:5, Act 22:6, Ezekiel 27:18, Act 9:22.
DAN
Pronunciation: Dan’
Meaning: judgment; he that judges
Verses: Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 18:29, Numbers 26:42, Numbers 2:25, Genesis 49:6, Jeremiah 4:15, Exodus 1:4, Genesis 35:25, Judges 20:1, Numbers 1:2, Joshua 21:23, 1 Chronicles 2:2, Joshua 19:47, Jusges 18:30.
DANIEL
Pronunciation: Dan’-yell
Meaning: judgment of God; God my judge
Verses: Daniel 5:13, Daniel 6:20, Daniel 1:11, Daniel 6:16, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 5:12, Daniel 6:23, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 2:46, Daniel 5:29, Daniel 6:4, Daniel 1:8, Daniel 12:9, Daniel 2:26;27.
DARDA
Pronunciation: Dar’-da
Meaning: home of knowledge
Verses: 1 Kings 4:31, 1 Chronicles 2:6
DARIUS
Pronunciation: he that informs himself
Meaning: Dar-eye’-us
Verses: Ezra 6:1, Daniel 5:31, Daniel 6:1;25, Daniel 9:1, Zechariar 1:1, Ezra 5:7, Ezra 4:5
DARKON
Pronunciation: Dark’-on
Meaning: of generation; of possession
Verses: Ezra 2:56, Nehemiah 7:58
DATHAN
Pronunciation: Dath’-an (Day’-than)
Meaning: laws or rites
Verses: Ezra 2:56, Nehemiah 7:58
DAVID
Pronunciation: Deh’-vidd
Meaning: well-beloved, dear
Verses: 1 Samuel 30:21, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 1 Samuel 23:26, 1 Samuel 26:25, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Chronicles 14:8, 1 Samuel 17:39, 1 Chronicles 21:21, 2 Samuel 12:19, 1 Samuel 19:7, 1 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Samuel 10:2, 1 Samuel 24:8;22, 1 Samuel 22:5, 1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Samuel 29:5.
DEBIR
Pronunciation:De-veer’
Meaning: an orator; a word
Verses: Judges 1:11, Joshua 15:15, Joshua 10:39, Joshua 15:7, Joshua 12:13, Joshua 15:29, Joshua 21:15.
DEBORAH
Pronunciation: Deb’-or-a (De-bohr’-a)
Meaning: word; thing; a bee
Verses: Judges 4:9, Judges 5:12, Genesis 35:8, Judges 4:4;5;6;10;14, Judges 5:1;7;15.
DECAPOLIS
Pronunciation:De-cap’-oll-iss
Meaning: containing ten cities
Verses: Mark 5:20, Matthew 4:25, Mark 7:31.
DEDAN
Pronunciation: Deh’-dan
Meaning: their breasts; friendship; a judge
Verses: Genesis 25:3, Ezekiel 38:13, Jeremiah 49:8, Ezekiel 27:20, Jeremiah 25:3, 1 Chronicles 1:9;32.
DELAIAH
Pronunciation: De-la’-yah
Meaning: the poor of the Lord
Verses: Jeremiah 36:25, 1 Chronicles 24:18, Nehemiah 6:10, 1 Chronicles 3:24, Nehemiah 7:62, Ezra 2:60, Jeremiah 36:12.
DELILAH
Pronunciation: Deh-lie’-la
Meaning: poor; small; head of hair
Verses: Judges 16:4;5;6;8;10;12;13;14;15;16;18;19
DEMAS
Pronunciation:Dee’-mas
Meaning: popular
Verses: Philemon 1:24, Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:9;10.
DEMETRIUS
Pronunciation: De-meet’-ree-us
Meaning: belonging to corn, or to Ceres
Verses: Act 19:24;25;28;38, 3 John 1:12.
DERBE
Pronunciation: Der’-be
Meaning: a sting
Verses: Act 16:1, Act 14:6;20,21, Act 20:4.
DEUEL
Pronunciation: Doo’-el
Meaning: the knowledge of God
Verses: Numbers 10:20, Numbers 7:42;47, Numbers 1:14, Numbers 2:14.
DIANA
Pronunciation: Dye-an’-a
Meaning: luminous, perfect
Verses: Act 19:24;27;28,34;35, Genesis 30:21
DIBLAIM
Pronunciation: Dib’-la-im
Meaning: cluster of figs
Verses: Hosea 1:3.
DIBON
Pronunciation: Dye’-bon
Meaning: abundance of knowledge
Verses: Jeremiah 48:18;22, Isaiah 15:2, Numbers 21:30, Joshua 13:9;17, Numbers 32:3, Numbers 33:46
DIBON-GAD
Pronunciation: Dye’-bon-gad
Meaning: great understanding; abundance of sons
Verses: Numbers 33:45;46.
DIDYMUS
Pronunciation: Did’-em-us
Meaning: a twin; double
Verses: John 11:16, John 21:2, John 20:24.
DINAH
Pronunciation: Dye’-na
Meaning: judgment; who judges
Verses: Genesis 34:1;3;13;26, Genesis 30:21.
DINHABAH
Pronunciation: Dinn’-ha’ba
Meaning: he gives judgment
Verses: Genesis 36:2, 1 Chronicles 1:43.
DIONYSIUS
Pronunciation:Dye-on-ish’-us
Meaning:divinely touched
Verses: Act 17:34
DIOTREPHES
Pronunciation: Dee-ott’-ref-ez
Meaning: nourished by Jupiter
Verses: 3 John 1:9
DISHAN
Pronunciation: Dye’-shan
Meaning: a threshing
Verses: Genesis 36:20;21;28, 1 Chronicles 1:38;42.
DODAVAH
Pronunciation:Doh’-da-vah’-who
Meaning: love
Verses: 2 Chronicles 20:37.
DOEG
Pronunciation: Doh’-igg
Meaning: careful, who acts with uneasiness
Verses: 1 Samuel 22:9;18;22, 1 Samuel 21:7, Psalm 52:1, Psalm 51:19.
DORCAS
Pronunciation: Dor-kass
Meaning: a female roe-deer
Verses: Acts 9:36;39;40;41.
DOTHAN
Pronunciation: Doh’-than
Meaning: the law; custom
Verses: Genesis 37:17, 2 Kings 6:13.
DRUSILLA
Pronunciation: Droo-sill’a
Meaning: watered by the dew
Verses: Acts 24:24