Desi
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.
Desi by the numbers
Desi was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 1970, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Desi
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Desi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Desi
Names that are said the same way as Desi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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