Boy Cat Names That Start With D

A common Irish surname that's seldom heard as a first name, but has an appealing meaning.

With the fashions for tree names, place names, and nickname names, Derry is a three-way winner.

Possibly meaning "bold", this West African surname is less commonly found as a first name, too.

A rising choice in the US, where money-related names are becoming more fashionable.

Definitely a name you won't hear in every playground, Dalfon (also spelled Dalphon) is a highly unusual weather name with a distinctive sound.

Although this month name was used only for girls in a recent year, there's no reason it can't work for both genders. For a holiday baby, more original than Noel and more universal than Christmas.

Diminutive of Dillon

The name of the protagonist of a trio of novels by French author Alexandre Dumas, most notably The Three Musketeers. D’Artagnan is an aspiring musketeer who travels to Paris in search of fortune and adventure. The character is based on real-life musketeer Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d’Artagnan. Artagnan is a small village in southwest France.

This could be a possible replacement for the overused Tyson, though it has something of a commercial feel related to the brand of vacuum cleaners.

Futuristic, in a 1930s kind of way.

Welsh heritage choice that's rare today even in its native land.

Obscure, though legitimate, name that could be used to honor a relative named Barton or Martin.

Philosopher who advocated the simple life. A classical choice that's almost unused as a baby name.

Dinand is popular in the Netherlands thanks to a local singing sensation. Dinand is one of many Dutch short forms that come from the middle or end of a name -- think Bas for Sebastian or Hans from Johannes -- rather than from the beginning as is more usual in the U.S. and UK, though we're catching on.

At one time associated with the fictional detective Bulldog Drummond, this formal surname name does boast the cute nickname Drum.