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Across the world, Deziri (Desire
, Deziri
) is a common unisex forename. The first name Deziri is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but seldom feminine name, Mauritius, and Madagascar, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but very infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Very seldom, Deziri is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Desire | Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Spain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon |
| Deziri | Canada, Philippines, Brazil, France, Algeria |
Deziri is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Desire , the fictional character from The Sandman series; Desire Annable , the operatic character in the opera Merry Mount by Howard Hanson and Desire , the musical character in the musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom.