Désirée (given name)

Désirée, Desiree or Desirée (with other variations possible) is a feminine given name of French origin ultimately derived from the Latin word desiderata, meaning desired. Desideria, an early version of the name and a feminine form of Desiderius, was in use in Europe as early as the 800s. The Puritans used the name Desire as a virtue name.

Notable people

 * Désirée Artôt (1835–1907), Belgian soprano
 * Desirae Brown, member of The 5 Browns
 * Desiree Burch (born 1979), American comedian
 * Désirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway
 * Desireé Cousteau (born 1956), an American porn actress
 * Desiree del Valle, Philippine-American actress
 * Desirée Goyette, American singer
 * Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress
 * Desiree Hartsock, The Bachelorette of 2013
 * Desiree Heslop (born 1961), British singer also known by the stage name Princess
 * Desiree Horton (born 1971, nickname: "Chopper Chick"), a Los Angeles helicopter pilot and TV reporter
 * Désirée Le Beau (1907–1993), Austro-Hungarian-American industrial chemist
 * Desiree Lim (born 1971), Malaysian-born Canadian independent film director, producer, and screenwriter
 * Desiree Lowry, director of Miss Universe Puerto Rico, former Miss Puerto Rico 1995 and 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1995
 * Désirée Miloshevic, Internet public servant
 * Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965), Luxembourgian actress
 * Desirée Rogers (born 1959), White House Social Secretary
 * Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (born 1938), a sister of the King of Sweden
 * Desirée Sparre-Enger (born 1976), Norwegian bubblegum dance singer also known by the stage name Bambee
 * Désirée Talbot (1926–2020), South African opera singer
 * Désirée van der Walt (born 1956), South African politician
 * Desiree van Lunteren, Dutch footballer
 * Desiree Washington (born 1973), American beauty pageant contestant
 * Desi-Rae Young (born 2002), American basketball player
 * Desirée Annette Weekes (born 1968), English pop singer known by the stage name Des'ree