Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Right-handed Boy name variations Daxter Decca Deck Decka Dekka Dex Dextar Dextor Dextron Dextur Family name origins & meanings English (East Midlands) : occupational name from Middle English dyster ‘dyer’ (see Dyer). Famous people who gave their babies this name Diane Keaton Diana Krall Elvis Costello