Desta - Meaning of Desta

What does Desta mean?

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Desta

[ 2 syll. des-ta, de-sta ] The baby girl name Desta is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced DEH-STaa- †. Desta has its origins in the African and English languages. It is used largely in African. From African roots, its meaning is 'happiness'.

In addition, Desta is a contracted form of the English Destiny.

Forms of Desta include the names Destah, Desti, Destie, and Desty.

See also the related category english.

Desta is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the family of girl names directly related to Desta, Destiny was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Desta include Dakote, Desti, Destie, Desty, Diet, Ditee, Dustey, Dusti, Dustie, Dusty, Dustye, Dakodah, Dakota, Dakotah, Dustee, Desde, Ditey, and Ditie.

† English pronunciation for Desta: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"