Desire Forename
3,814th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 275,631 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Burundi
Desire Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: A longing.
Desire Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 73,256 | 1:1,008 | 199 |
| Burundi | 100% | 65,171 | 1:152 | 14 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 34,323 | 1:331 | 51 |
| Cameroon | 73% | 16,104 | 1:1,342 | 270 |
| Ethiopia | 52% | 13,177 | 1:7,404 | 1,143 |
| Madagascar | 96% | 11,185 | 1:2,113 | 513 |
| Benin | 89% | 9,796 | 1:1,080 | 247 |
| Malawi | 54% | 7,149 | 1:2,394 | 454 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 6,384 | 1:2,879 | 411 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 5,500 | 1:4,196 | 463 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,391 | 1:13,722 | 917 |
| United States | 92% | 2,924 | 1:123,987 | 5,158 |
| South Africa | 90% | 2,920 | 1:18,676 | 2,652 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,780 | 1:4,892 | 749 |
| Uganda | 62% | 2,419 | 1:16,931 | 1,453 |
| Ghana | 85% | 2,135 | 1:12,640 | 1,132 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,821 | 1:713 | 79 |
| Togo | - | 1,401 | 1:5,167 | 841 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 1,391 | 1:11,088 | 1,446 |
| Nigeria | 61% | 1,252 | 1:141,825 | 6,999 |
| Belgium | 97% | 1,062 | 1:10,819 | 1,128 |
| Venezuela | 69% | 990 | 1:30,507 | 2,178 |
| Gabon | 100% | 962 | 1:1,958 | 462 |
| Guinea | 100% | 897 | 1:13,220 | 820 |
| France | 100% | 733 | 1:90,683 | 2,101 |
| Brazil | 100% | 604 | 1:354,696 | 13,037 |
| Netherlands | 51% | 417 | 1:40,533 | 2,993 |
| Philippines | 97% | 413 | 1:256,682 | 10,495 |
| Mali | 100% | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Canada | 100% | 373 | 1:88,829 | 4,727 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 309 | 1:33,758 | 2,629 |
| Senegal | 72% | 256 | 1:56,958 | 2,146 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| England | 56% | 242 | 1:229,764 | 6,441 |
| Congo | 93% | 233 | 1:21,499 | 2,178 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Indonesia | - | 211 | 1:1,222,577 | 71,741 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Lebanon | 95% | 193 | 1:29,158 | 1,854 |
| Namibia | - | 183 | 1:13,138 | 1,436 |
| Mexico | 100% | 160 | 1:775,903 | 7,087 |
| Italy | 100% | 153 | 1:399,099 | 4,570 |
| Haiti | 80% | 116 | 1:92,474 | 5,373 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 96 | 1:36,982 | 1,212 |
| Peru | 100% | 91 | 1:349,357 | 7,202 |
| Germany | 63% | 90 | 1:1,074,199 | 8,150 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Panama | 74% | 83 | 1:47,067 | 3,228 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Argentina | 90% | 63 | 1:678,940 | 4,287 |
| Botswana | - | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 56 | 1:4,824 | 681 |
| India | 82% | 54 | 1:22,497,740 | 509,959 |
| Zambia | - | 53 | 1:299,147 | 8,761 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 47 | 1:101,446 | 3,232 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Sweden | 63% | 39 | 1:252,767 | 8,142 |
| Tanzania | 94% | 39 | 1:1,353,547 | 21,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| Thailand | 79% | 32 | 1:2,189,557 | 58,571 |
| Colombia | 100% | 31 | 1:1,541,256 | 14,557 |
| Liberia | 50% | 30 | 1:147,069 | 5,712 |
| Norway | 77% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Ecuador | - | 22 | 1:805,769 | 6,913 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 22 | 1:273,561 | 6,085 |
| Chile | 90% | 20 | 1:880,360 | 8,450 |
| Kenya | - | 20 | 1:2,315,356 | 20,763 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Finland | 94% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Australia | - | 15 | 1:910,508 | 11,282 |
| Honduras | 73% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Switzerland | 59% | 14 | 1:586,678 | 8,730 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Guyana | 63% | 13 | 1:58,712 | 5,245 |
| Malaysia | 71% | 13 | 1:2,342,303 | 65,302 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 70% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Niger | 100% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Saint Lucia | 57% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Taiwan | - | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Ireland | - | 7 | 1:663,360 | 6,774 |
| Austria | 67% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Croatia | - | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Israel | 60% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6 | 1:891,728 | 9,103 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Poland | 92% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Russia | 100% | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Desiré (2,623), Desirè (98), Désire (46), Dèsire (17), Desirë (11), Desirê (10), Deşire (2), Dešire (2), Désiré (13,712) & Dèsirè (479) are calculated separately.
Desire (47,593) may also be a surname.
Desire Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: A longing.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Desire Forename Popularity
Desire Demographics
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in Kenya
Sample size: 4 (2018)
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