Désirée

US/dɛzəɹeɪ̯//dɛziəɹeɪ̯//dəziəɹeɪ̯/

proper noun

A female given name from French.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Desiree · alternative Desirée

  1. A female given name from French.
nounDésirée (plural Désirées)

plural Désirées · alternative Desiree · alternative Desirée

  1. A kind of red-skinned, yellow-fleshed potato originally bred in the Netherlands.

Origin

  1. FrenchDésirée“desired”
  2. EnglishDésirée

Borrowed from French Désirée (“desired”).

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APA

Désirée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e

MLA

“Désirée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Désirée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e.

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