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Dulce

Dulce: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sweet”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
DOOL-seh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Spanish and Portuguese dulce/doce meaning 'sweet,' ultimately from Latin dulcis. It is also used in Marian titles such as Dulce Nombre.

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How popular is Dulce?

2024132 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Dulce in 2024438

2024 rank#664 girls

Peak year2007

Total US babies since 188020,002

Dulce has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Dulce

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Dulce questions

What does the name Dulce mean?

Dulce means "sweet". It comes from Spanish. From Spanish and Portuguese dulce/doce meaning 'sweet,' ultimately from Latin dulcis. It is also used in Marian titles such as Dulce Nombre.

Is Dulce a boy or girl name?

Dulce is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Dulce?

438 US babies were named Dulce in 2024. Its peak year was 2007.

How do you pronounce Dulce?

Dulce is usually pronounced DOOL-seh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.