- Boy
- 6 letters
Dorset is a boy’s name of Literary origin. A literary name from Shakespeare’s King Richard III, where it belongs to marquis of Dorset, son of Edward’s Queen. The name has 6 letters.
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Doll
GirlEnglish Greek Literary
Diminutive of Dorothy, meaning gift of god. Doll has also come to be used as the name of a child's plaything, and as a colloquial term for an attractive woman. A vision. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 2, where it belongs to doll Tearsheet, a woman at the Boar's Head in Eastcheap.
Domitius
BoyLiterary
Antony and Cleopatra'. Friend to Mark Antony.
Donalbain
BoyLiterary
A literary name from Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, where it belongs to younger son of King Duncan.
Dorcas
GirlBiblical Greek Literary
A female roe-deer. Gazelle. A literary name from Shakespeare's The Winter, where it belongs to s Tale' Shepherdess.
Douglas
UnisexAnglo-Saxon Celtic English Irish Literary Scottish
Dweller by the dark stream. Dwells by the dark stream. Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. Dark stranger. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to archibald, The Earl of Douglas. From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river. The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases.) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels.
Dromio
BoyLiterary
A literary name from Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, where it belongs to twin brothers, both named Dromio, attendants on the twin Antipholuses. Dromio of Ephesus, and Dromio OF Syracuse.
Duke
BoyEnglish Irish Latin Literary
The royalty title used as nickname or given name. Also an abbreviation of Marmaduke. Servant of Madoc (fortunate). Leader. As You Like It' Duke, living in exile.
Dull
BoyLiterary
A literary name from Shakespeare's Love, where it belongs to s Labours Lost' A constable.