The first name Dulce
A girl’s name from Spanish.
1 syllable Female
Meaning and origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Dulce.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Dulce last appeared in the official list in 2024, given to 7 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Dulce with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Dulce at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 352 girls born in the United States were named Dulce, the 771st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2007, when 1,285 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Dulce in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Dulce in Spanish too.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Dulcé
- Dulcee
- Dulcée
Famous people named Dulce
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Dulce NunesBrazilian actress and singer-songwriter, 1929–2020
- Dulce GarcíaCuban javelin thrower (1965–2019)
- Dulcé SloanAmerican comedian and actress, born 1983
- Dulce BragaAngolan writer, born 1958
- Dulce TéllezFemale volleyball player from Cuba, born 1983
More Spanish girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Dulce mean?
- From Spanish Dulce.
- What is the origin of the name Dulce?
- From Spanish Dulce.
- How popular is the name Dulce?
- In 2024, 7 girls born in England and Wales were named Dulce, ranking 3,318th.
- Is Dulce a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 20,355 US babies named Dulce since 1880 were girls.
- When was Dulce most popular?
- 2007 in the United States, when 1,285 babies were named Dulce, its highest rank at 264th.
- What are other spellings of Dulce?
- Dulcé, Dulcee and Dulcée.