Dame
Back today with some more names which fall into both the surname and “word name” category.
But first, I’d like to say a big thank you to Anna at Waltzing More than Matilda for her lovely review of Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names and Nook of Names. It really makes it all worthwhile 
Anyway, without further ado, here’s the good, the bad and the ugly that D has to offer.
All of them have seen genuine use — some, thankfully, only in the middle spot.
And I truly pity poor Dung Park, who died in Liverpool in 1959, Dunger Lane, baptized in Cambridgeshire in 1803, and Daft Pogson, born in 1843…
| Daft | Deary | Docking | Drape |
| Dafter | Death | Doctor | Draper |
| Daily | Debonnaire | Dodge | Drave |
| Dainty | Decker | Doe | Drawer |
| Daisy | Deed | Dole | Dray |
| Dale | Deem | Doll | Dredge |
| Dally | Deemer | Dollar | Dresser |
| Dame | Deeming | Dolphin | Drew |
| Damper | Deer | Dome | Dribble |
| Dams | Defender | Dool | Driver |
| Damsel | Delicate | Doomsday | Droop |
| Damson | Dell | Dormer | Drought |
| Dance | Delver | Dory | Drover |
| Dancer | Den (Denn) | Dosser | Drudge |
| Dandelion | Denial | Dot (Dott) | Dry |
| Dandy | Dent | Double | Dryer |
| Dane | Desert | Doubler | Dubber |
| Danger | Dew | Doublet | Duck |
| Dare | Dewy | Dough | Ducker |
| Dark | Diamond | Doughty | Duckling |
| Darker | Diaper | Dove | Dudgeon |
| Darling | Dice | Dover | Duff |
| Darnel | Dig (Diggs) | Dow | Duke |
| Dart | Digger | Dowe | Dullard |
| Darter | Dill | Dower | Duly |
| Dash | Dilly | Dowie | Dummer |
| Dauber | Dime | Dowl | Dumper |
| Daughters | Dimmer | Down | Dunce |
| Daw | Din | Downer | Dung |
| Dawn | Dingle | Dowse | Dunger |
| Day | Dipper | Dowsing | Dunking |
| Dayman | Disher | Doxy | Durable |
| Deacon | Ditch | Doyley | Dust |
| Deal | Ditcher | Drab (Drabb) | Dusting |
| Dean | Diver | Dragon | Dusty |
| Dear | Divine | Drain | Dye |
| Dearie | Dock | Drake | Dyer |
| Dearth | Docker | Drane | Dyke |
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Gosh some of these are just terrible …. Doomsday is especially horrid. I do quite like Dolphin though, and Dandelion would be nice as a middle name.
Ones I’ve seen in recent use: Daisy, Dale, Dane, Danger, Darling, Dash, Darnel (on a girl), Dawn, Dean, Diamond, Drew, Duke and Dusty.
Oh dear. Someone actually named their baby Death?!?!?!?!?!
I’m afraid so — and not just the fictional Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey. Perhaps Death Peter P C B Proudfoot, born in Norfolk in 1874, was the inspiration…
Actually, it’s not quite so bad as it seems; I believe the surname Death is correctly pronounced “dee-ath.”
Some of these are bad, but many of these are quite nice. I always thought Dandelion would make a lovely female name. Daisy is sweet. I also really like these, (I put a g or b next to the name indicating whether I like it better for a girl or a boy):
Dolphin (b)-if Delphine and Delfino are used, then why not this. I view this as more masculine.
Drew (b)
Driver (b) this is not my style, but if other occupational names are becoming popular then this is perfectly up for graps
Damson (g)-OOO, I love this. This has actually been used since Medieval times, sometimes appearing in the form of Damisona. Unlike many female names ending in -son, I personally think this one at least sounds feminine and I love the plum associations
Dance/Dancer (g)-As an occupational name, this one at least has pleasant associations. I never saw the appeal of naming a girl Taylor or Tanner (yes, I went to school with a female Tanner). I don’t really see the appeal in naming a boy Taylor or Tanner either. Tanner especially was a rather messy occupation. At least Dancer feels graceful.
Dane (b)-in my parts, this name is especially common among Scandinavian-Americans, particularly, Danes.
Danger (b)-oddly enough, I have seen this used as a middle name a lot, and I kind of like it
Dew (g)-Dew pops up as female given name in many other languages, why not English?
Dove (g)-Again, we have Paloma and Colombe, why not this?
Darling (g)-If Darlene and Darla exists, then why not this?
Dash (b)-there is something “dashing” and cool about this name
Dowse (g)-this is a Medieval English form of the Spanish female name, Dulce.
Dust (b)
Dragon (b)-I went to school with a few Macedonian boys named Dragan, pronounced exactly like Dragon, and it always made me realize just how usable Dragon itself is.
Drake (b)