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What does Dulce mean?
Dulce 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced DOOL-cee. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Dulce is "sweet". Roman name revived in the early 20th century. Dulcinea (dool-see-NAY-ah) was a name created by Cervantes's "Don Quixote" for his idealised lady.
STARTS WITH Du-
ASSOCIATED WITH sweet (beautiful), roman, 20th century (modern), lady (noble)
Variations
VARIANTS Delcina, Delcine, Delsine, Dulce▼, Dulcea, Dulci, Dulcia, Dulciana, Dulcie, Dulcibella, Dulcibelle, Dulcina, Dulcine, Dulcinea, Dulcy, Dulsea, Dulsia, Dulsiana, Dulsibell, Dulsine
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Dilce, ..
(male) Dulde, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dulce Elaina (D.E.), ..
How popular is Dulce?
Dulce is a very popular first name for women (#1448 out of 4276, Top 34%) and a slightly less popular surname for all people (#88461 out of 150436, Top 59%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dulce entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its top position of #264 in the U.S. in the year 2007, and is currently at #919. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Dulcie is the only other prominent related form of Dulce (#919 A YEAR AGO). Adoption of these relations of Dulce reached its highest 11 years ago (USAGE OF 0.07%) and is now much diminished (USAGE 0.02%, 74% LESS), with the form Dulce becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Dulce▼ is pronounced similarly to Dalles. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Dace, Dale▼, Delice, Delie, Delle, Douce, Duane and Luce. These names tend to be less frequently used than Dulce.
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