Name Book, The: Over 10,000 Names--Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance (46 page)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Latin

Inherent Meaning:
Delightful

Spiritual Connotation:
Joyous Spirit

Scripture:
Psalm 16:11
NKJV

You will show me the path of life; in Your
presence is fullness of joy; At Your right
hand are pleasures forevermore.

DELLA, Dellie

Language/Cultural Origin:
Old German

Inherent Meaning:
Noble Maiden

Spiritual Connotation:
Excellent Virtue

Scripture:
1 Corinthians 13:13
NKJV

And now abide faith, hope, love, these
three; but the greatest of these is love.

DELMAR, Dalmar

Language/Cultural Origin:
Latin

Inherent Meaning:
By the Sea

Spiritual Connotation:
Filled With Praise

Scripture:
Psalm 69:34
NRSV

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas
and everything that moves in them.

DELORES, Deloria, Deloris, Dolores

Language/Cultural Origin:
Spanish

Inherent Meaning:
Sorrowful

Spiritual Connotation:
Compassionate

Scripture:
Psalm 121:1
NKJV

I will lift up my eyes to the hills; from
whence comes my help?

DELSIE, Delcee, Delcie, Delsee

Language/Cultural Origin:
English

Inherent Meaning:
Oath of God

Spiritual Connotation:
Promise

Scripture:
Genesis 17:4
NRSV

As for me, this is my covenant with you:
you shall be the ancestor of a multitude
of nations.

DELTA, Deltra

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Door

Spiritual Connotation:
Seeker of Truth

Scripture:
Revelation 3:20
NKJV

Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears My voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with
him, and he with Me.

DEMAS, Deemas, Deimas

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Ruler of People

Spiritual Connotation:
Powerful

Scripture:
Psalm 105:21
NKJV

He made him lord of his house, and ruler
of all his possessions.

DEMETRIA, Demetra, Demitra

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Plentiful

Spiritual Connotation:
Fruitful

Scripture:
John 10:10
NKJV

I have come that they may have life, and
that they may have it more abundantly.

DEMETRIUS, Demetreus,
Demetrias, Demetric, Demetrik,
Demitrias, Dimitrios, Dimitrius,
Dmetrius (see also
Dimitri
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Lover of the Earth

Spiritual Connotation:
Fruitful Increase

Scripture:
Luke 11:10
NKJV

For everyone who asks receives, and he
who seeks finds, and to him who knocks
it will be opened.

DEMI, Demee, Demiah

Language/Cultural Origin:
French

Inherent Meaning:
Half

Spiritual Connotation:
Dependent

Scripture:
Zechariah 4:6
NASB

Not by might nor by power, but by My
Spirit, says the
L
ORD
of hosts.

DEMPSEY, Dempsie

Language/Cultural Origin:
Irish

Inherent Meaning:
Proud

Spiritual Connotation:
Honorable

Scripture:
Galatians 5:1
NKJV

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by
which Christ has made us free, and do
not be entangled again with a yoke of
bondage.

DENA, Deena

Language/Cultural Origin:
Native American

Inherent Meaning:
From the Valley

Spiritual Connotation:
Peaceful

Scripture:
John 16:33
NASB

These things I have spoken to you, so
that in Me you may have peace. In the
world you have tribulation, but take
courage; I have overcome the world.

DENAE, Denaé, Denay, Deneé (see
also
Danae
)

Language/Cultural Origin:
Hebrew

Inherent Meaning:
Vindicated

Spiritual Connotation:
Example

Scripture:
Ezekiel 39:27
RSV

Through them I have vindicated my holiness
in the sight of many nations.

DENHAM, Denhem

Language/Cultural Origin:
English

Inherent Meaning:
From the Valley Village

Spiritual Connotation:
One of Integrity

Scripture:
Acts 24:16
NRSV

Therefore I do my best always to have
a clear conscience toward God and all
people.

DENISE, Danice, Deni, Dení,
Denice, Deniece, Dennise

Language/Cultural Origin:
French

Inherent Meaning:
Favored

Spiritual Connotation:
Reborn

Scripture:
Isaiah 65:17
NKJV

For behold, I create new heavens and a
new earth; and the former shall not be
remembered or come to mind.

DENNIS, Dénes, Denis, Dennes,
Denny

Language/Cultural Origin:
Greek

Inherent Meaning:
Happy

Spiritual Connotation:
Effective

Scripture:
Isaiah 55:11
NKJV

So shall My word be that goes forth from
My mouth; it shall not return to Me void.

DENTON, Dentin

Language/Cultural Origin:
English

Inherent Meaning:
From a Happy Home

Spiritual Connotation:
Trusting Spirit

Scripture:
Romans 8:28
KJV

And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to
his purpose.

DENZEL, Danzel, Danzell, Dennzel,
Denzell, Denzil

Language/Cultural Origin:
English

Inherent Meaning:
From Cornwall, England

Spiritual Connotation:
Forgiven

Scripture:
1 John 3:20
NKJV

For if our heart condemns us, God is
greater than our heart, and knows all
things.

DEON, Deion, Deone, Deontée,
Deontre, Dion, Diontae, Dionte
(see also
Dante
,
Dontae
)