Des

loc · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Des is a name, most frequently recorded in Canada. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from Slavic stem 'Erwerb' 'acquisition, gain'.

rarermore common
  • CACanada1 in 102K◐
  • FRFrance1 in 4M
  • RERéunion1 in 2.2K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈212 ●

across 7 countries

Sources
239 ●

34K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 369K ◐

Czechia

Meaning & origin●

from Slavic stem 'Erwerb' 'acquisition, gain'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Des is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CA Canada2,153801 rec.—1Des62
RE Réunion2820 rec.——Des1
ES Spain8894 rec.1 in 568K88Des19
AR Argentina46—1 in 989K46——
PT Portugal370 rec.——Des1
CZ Czechia29—1 in 369K29——
IN India2415 rec.1 in 55M24—5
SN Senegal188 rec.——Des4
FR France1730K rec.1 in 4M17Des239
MA Morocco1312 rec.——Des8
PL Poland6—1 in 6.4M6——
GN Guinea50 rec.——Des1

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Languages●

  • English2.8M62%
  • French110K2%
  • Arabic7.8K1%
  • Greek6K1%
  • Spanish4.1K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English2,807,38862%
French110,0352%
Arabic7,8501%
Greek5,9991%
Spanish4,0771%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Des is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name48K records spelled Des21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mauritius

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Deş, De-S, Des', Dés, Dès

  • Hindi name27K records spelled Des6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written ডেস

  • a separate name20K records spelled Des3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dés, Dès

  • Spanish name6.1K records spelled Des4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Mexico, Chile, Argentina

    Also written d'Es, Dê'S

  • Portuguese name1.5K records spelled Des8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Portugal, France, Brazil, Switzerland

    Also written Dës, Dęs, Dês, Dès, ́des

  • Arabic surname933 records spelled Des36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt

    Also written Dés, Dës, Dęs, Dês, Děs

  • Polish surname682 records spelled Des4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Russia

    Also written Deś, Dęs

81 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Des is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, adj. ; cf. si sl. Aeck inventie" (Mikl), pren. srb. cr. Desa si Desislay. 1. Desa s. 2. Desea b. (Ard) ; Desescul mar. (Drag) ; Daseti (ib.). 3. Desild (Arh), cf. srb. Desilo (Rad vol. 82 p. 115). Det/a, -ea, -ea, -coiul v. D cat II

    as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc

  • In Khmer, to sew. to hem. mqscS: (= wums) sewing machine. iJl & CSJ tailor, seamstress

    as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)

  • In Esperanto, the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, plural of un (“some”, the plural indefinite article)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, alternative form of deis (“dais”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

05010015020019201940196019802000158 · 1962

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Des in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1914–2017
Yearrecords
19141
19151
19161
19181
19191
19224
19233
19246
19253
19262
19274
19285
192915
19308
19316
193215
19336
193415
19359
193618
193724
193823
193921
194022
194132
194240
194326
194445
194539
194653
194756
194850
194968
195074
195151
195296
195362
1954113
1955108
195693
1957140
195889
1959136
1960139
1961106
1962158
1963125
1964133
1965147
1966139
1967138
1968114
1969149
1970128
1971113
1972118
1973105
1974113
1975108
197699
197797
197872
197971
198097
198184
1982101
198393
198475
198569
198668
198775
198885
198943
199044
199131
199229
199340
199426
199530
199615
19979
19986
19995
200710
20101
20148
20151
20162
20172

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1914–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

190019201940196019802000Des Smith, b. 1914Des Braiden, b. 1937Des Lynam, b. 1942Des Thomson, b. 1942Des Browne, b. 1952Des Bremner, b. 1952Des McAnuff, b. 1952Des Walker, b. 1965Des Lyttle, b. 1971Des Abbott, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Des
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020336#18,408
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020250#18,408
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—200#3,823
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1962158—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1969149—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1965147—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1957140—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1966139—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1960139—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1967138—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1959136—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1964133—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 196 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Des?
We estimate roughly 212 people bear Des (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Des have the most bearers?
Des is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled des.
What does the name Des mean?
Recorded meaning: from Slavic stem 'Erwerb' 'acquisition, gain'
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Des”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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