# Desiderius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/desiderius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “the longed-for” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəɹɪəs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dēsīderius (literally “the longed-for”).

## In other languages

- Armenian: Դեսիդերիոս
- Esperanto: Desiderio
- French: Didier
- German: Desiderius
- Greek: Δεσιδέριος
- Hungarian: Dezső
- Italian: Desiderio
- Latin: Desiderius
- Polish: Dezydery, Dezyderiusz, Dezyder
- Portuguese: Desidério
- Russian: Дезиде́рий
- Slovak: Dezider
- Spanish: Desiderio

## People named Desiderius

- Desiderius of Vienne, bishop of Vienne
- Erasmus, Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.