Desiree
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- [ dez-i-RAY ]
- English
English form of DÉSIRÉE. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by the movie 'Désirée' (1954).
 | DéSIRéE female French French form of DESIDERATA. In part it is directly from the French word meaning "desired, wished". | |||||||||||||||||||
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| DESIDERATUS male Late Roman Derived from Latin desideratum meaning "desired". This was the name of a 6th-century French saint. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ENGLISH: Desirae, Deziree |
| FRENCH: Désirée |
| LATE ROMAN: Desiderata |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| FRENCH: Désiré |
| LATE ROMAN: Desideratus |