Desi

Where Desi comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Desi.

  • Vowel-ended
Desi through the years
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,668 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Desi Reijers born
    Dutch swimmer
  3. 1970
    Peak, #979
    68 babies named Desi, the most in any year.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,677.
  5. 1981
    Desi Lydic born
    American actor and comedian
  6. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Desi Lydic · American actor and comedian, born 1981
  • Desi Reijers · Dutch swimmer, born 1964
  • Desi Banks · American comedian, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.