Deseret
Fictional (Book of Mormon) · Girl · 3 syllables
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About the name Deseret
The name 'Deseret' means "honeybee" in the language of the Jaredites, a people described in the Book of Mormon, and is derived from a word in the fictional script of that text.
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Etymology
The name 'Deseret' means "honeybee" in the language of the Jaredites, a people described in the Book of Mormon, and is derived from a word in the fictional script of that text. It is used exclusively within the culture and religion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), notably as the name of the proposed State of Deseret in the mid-19th century and for the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah).
Deseret currently ranks #10,688 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1978.
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