Meaning of the nameDesire
- Female
- French origin
- Latin origin
- De-si-re
Desire is a spelling of the name Desirée, which means “desired”.
Meaning
“desired”
Meaning of the name Desirée, of which Desire is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Désirée · Behind the Name: Desiree
- People (2022)
- 1,154
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,516
- Median age
- 30 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,218
- people
Desire in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Desire, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (354 people).
1,130 women 24 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Desire is most common
States with the highest share of people named Desire in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 284 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 166 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 148 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 111 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 107 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 52 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 50 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 33 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 27 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 19 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 16 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 16 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Desire
A shorter form, without the final accented É; in the IBGE data it appears separately from Desirée.
About the name Desirée
Desirée comes from French, which took it from the Latin Desideria, feminine of the name Desiderius; Wiktionary gives the French meaning as 'desired'. Behind the Name gives the Latin verb desidero as the root, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) says that Desiree is probably of French origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,693 people named Desirée, with or without the accent, and 1,154 named Desire. The name is almost always female. The dictionary lists Desirree, Desyree and Deziree as spelling variants.
Other spellings of Desirée
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Desirée | 2,693 |
| Desire | 1,154 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Désirée · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Desiree · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Desiree · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Desire
What does the name Desire mean?
Desire means “desired”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Desirée, of which Desire is a spelling.
How many people are named Desire in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,154 people with the first name Desire, which ranks it number 7,516 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Desire a boy's or a girl's name?
Desire is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,130 women and 24 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Desire?
Desire is a name of French and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Desire most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Desire (166 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Desire?
Desirée. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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