Dulcinea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dool-see-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Spanish
Dulcinea is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “sweet one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dulcinea mean?
Spanish: coined by Cervantes from Spanish dulce 'sweet'
“sweet one”
Dulcinea del Toboso is the idealised lady to whom Don Quixote devotes himself in Cervantes's novel.
Is Dulcinea a girl's or a boy's name?
Dulcinea is a girls' name.
How popular is Dulcinea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Dulcinea in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dulcinea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Dulcinea
Names like Dulcinea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dulce Ariana Ximena Solana Xiomara Esmeralda Sierra Sophia Luciana Marisol Octavia Brianna
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Amayah Reina Cesar Paloma Amaia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dulcinea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dulcinea, updated 20 October 2026.