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A name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved; uncle".

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This name comes from the Welsh prefix dy meaning "to, toward" and llanw meaning "tide, flow".

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A name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "ruler of the world".

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This name comes from the older English name Dederick, which was in origin a Low German form of Theodoric.

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The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young.

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The meaning of this name is not known for certain.

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From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin, itself derived from the given name Donndubán.

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A name of Greek origin meaning "dragon, serpent".

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From an English surname derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων meaning "dragon, serpent".

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Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle".

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A name meaning "one who dyes; right-handed, skilled".

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Anglicized form of Irish Deasmhumhain meaning "south Munster", referring to the region of Desmond in southern Ireland, formerly a kingdom.

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