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Destani

Girl · DES-tih-nee · English

Destani is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Destani mean?

English: spelling of Destany, itself a spelling of Destiny

“fate”

Destiny comes via Old French from Latin destinare, 'to determine'.

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DES-tih-nee

Meaning borrowed from Destany.

Is Destani a girl's or a boy's name?

Destani is a girls' name.

How popular is Destani in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.

Half of all the girls named Destani in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1980Busiest: 72 in 20002021
Destani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20215#15,246
20200–
201910#9,730
20186#13,788
20175#15,898
20169#10,855
20157#13,001
201416#7,300
201320#6,252
201223#5,707
201119#6,561
201026#5,245
200942#3,736
200839#4,005
200743#3,720
200652#3,175
200549#3,166
200447#3,220
200348#3,082
200259#2,602
200168#2,327
200072#2,186
199964#2,304
199865#2,185
199761#2,226
199656#2,337
199544#2,730
199447#2,622
199334#3,285
199223#4,375
199125#4,053
199020#4,689
198916#5,280
19887#9,239
19878#7,982
19866#9,540
19857#8,315
19840–
19835#10,272
19826#9,235
19810–
19805#10,390

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