In all the world, Desoto (Desoto 
) is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name Desoto is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is an extremely rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name. Predominantly, Desoto is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Desoto | Spain, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
Desoto is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Desoto , the doberman from Disney's Oliver & Company.
| lewis desoto South African-Canadian author, CA (b. 1954) |
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