Irish Girl Names Starting with D

Daimhín is an old Irish name, a diminutive of damh, which in Old Irish meant “ox” or “stag.” The usual gloss “little deer” is close, but “little stag” is more exact. Its early form was Daimíne: medieval genealogies name a Daimíne, son of the Airgíalla king Cairpre Daim Argait, as the ancestor of the Síl nDaimíne.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables for girls (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2017.

Daireann means “fruitful, bountiful.”

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

Darcy has two separate roots. In Ireland it is often an anglicized form of the surname Ó Dorchaidhe, “descendant of Dorchaidhe,” a personal name meaning “dark man,” from dorcha “dark.” Families of the name lived at Partry in County Mayo and in County Galway, and the Darcys became one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, one of only two of Gaelic Irish rather than Anglo-Norman origin.

No. 247 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 17 baby girls.

Darina in Irish is Daireann, meaning “fruitful, bountiful.” Say it DAR-rawn.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2017.

The closest Irish name to Davina is Daithi, a boy’s name meaning “swiftness, nimbleness.” Daithi is said DAH-hee.

No. 885 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 3 baby girls.

Dearbháil comes from the Old Irish Derbáil, usually explained as der “daughter” and Fál, an ancient poetic name for Ireland, so “daughter of Fál” or “daughter of Ireland.” The name scholar Patrick Woulfe gave a different reading in 1923: dearbh “true” and áil “desire,” so “true desire.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2011.

Dechtire, also written Deichtine or Deichtire, is the name of the mother of the hero Cú Chulainn in Irish legend. The meaning of the name is not known. She is the sister of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, though in the earliest version of her story she is his daughter and charioteer.

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

Deirdre comes from Derdriu, the Old Irish name of the tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle of legends, remembered as Deirdre of the Sorrows. The meaning of the name is unknown, though it may come from the Old Irish word der, “daughter.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2019.

Dervla in Irish is Dearbhail, meaning “daughter of Fal.” Say it DARE-voll.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2017.