Desta

A girls’ name of Amharic origin, meaning happiness; joy.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Desta by the numbers

Desta was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Desta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Deltafourth letter of the Greek alphabet72 in the US (2017)
  • Dessa18 in the US (2017)
  • Dellanoble; a form of Adela248 in the US (2017)
  • Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
  • Dashagift of god; a form of darya or daria101 in the US (2017)
  • Debrabee; a form of Deborah44 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean joy

Like Desta, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
  • Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Desta

MatyldaAzayliaJapjiYoonaYuvikaAnabiyaDuhaZaeleigh

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