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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Right-handed

Boy name variations

Dexter

Dexter

- 31% this year
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Daxter

Daxter

+ 50% this year
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Decca

Decca

0 % this year
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Decka

Decka

0 % this year
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Dekka

Dekka

0 % this year
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Dex

Dex

- 23% this year
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Dextar

Dextar

0 % this year
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Dextor

Dextor

0 % this year
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Dextron

Dextron

0 % this year
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Dextur

Dextur

0 % this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : occupational name for a roofer, from Middle High German decke ‘covering’. Compare the later form Decker.
  • Dutch and North German : from the personal name Deck, a local pet form of Dutch Diederik (see Dederick) or German Dietrich.

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