In the entire world, Desiré (Desire 
, Desiré 
, Дезире 
) is a common unisex first name. The forename Desiré is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is quite a common largely boy's, but uncommonly feminine name, Mauritius, and Madagascar, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Very seldom, Desiré is the last name as well as the forename.
Desiré is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Desiré , the operatic character in the opera Die Rose von Stambul, The Rose of Stamboul; Desire , the fictional character from The Sandman series; Desiree de la Roche , the fictional character from Son of Flubber; Desire Annable , the operatic character in the opera Merry Mount by Howard Hanson and Desire , the musical character in the musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom.
| desiré oscar léopold von franckenberg en proschlitz NL (b. 1822) |
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| desiré duwaerts Belgian sculptor (1850-1901), BE (b. 1850) |
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| desiré dussert French mining engineer who worked in Algeria (b. 1872) |
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| desiré godefroid Righteous Among the Nations, BE (b. 1889) |
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| desiré wilson South African racing driver, ZA (b. 1953) |
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| desiré du plessis South African female high jumper, ZA (b. 1965) |
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| desiré ollo Gabonese boxer (b. 1965) |
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| desiré atsain Ivory Coast artist, CI (b. 1966) |
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| desiré marshall farrington (born 1968) (b. 1968) |
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| desiré haverkamp NL (b. 1963) |
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| desiré furnes researcher |
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| desiré garcía-pichardo researcher |
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| desiré m brits researcher |
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| desiré branch-ellis researcher |
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| desiré lee dalton South African mammalogist, ZA |
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