Desirée - name meaning and origin

The boy's and girl's name Desirée \d(e)-si-rée\ is pronounced DEZ-a-ray. It is of French origin, and its meaning is "much desired". The Puritans used Desire as a given name. Literary: a popular novel published in the 1960s traced the biography of the French Derirée Clary from poverty in Marseilles to the throne of Sweden. Often spelled phonetically to ensure the French pronunciation.

Desirée has 15 variant forms: Desarae, Desaree, Deseray, Desideria, Desir, Desirae, Desirat, Desiray, Desire, Desirea, Desiri, Desyre, Dezirae, Deziray and Deziree.

For more information, see also the related name Didiane.

A baby name that sounds like Desirée is Tesora.

Desirée is a very rare female first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Desirée. Compare Desirée with related baby names.