Deli

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Delhi in BR Brazil, MX Mexico, FR France and 9 more, Déli in US United States and De-Li in CN China.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Deli is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname3.5K records spelled Deli9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Déli, Dėlį, Délǐ, Dèli, Dêli

• Chinese given name1.9K records spelled Deli2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China, Taiwan

  Also written De-Li

• Ukrainian surname1.2K records spelled Deli22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Делі, Дели, Дэли, Delhi, Dely

• a separate given name570 records spelled Deli3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China

  Also written De-Li, Déli

• Bulgarian surname409 records spelled Deli10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria

  Also written Дели, Ďeli, Delut

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Deli is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Tafy

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Swedish, a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Welsh, second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hungarian, stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

BR IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) — 9 years between 1930–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Antal Delib. 1886HUHungarian painter (1886-1960)
• Deli Sacilottob. 1936CACanadian-born American printmaker (born 1936)
• Deli Selimb. 1945TRTurkish clarinettist (1945–1995)
• Ágnes Delib. 1963HUHungarian sculptor
• Marcel Delib. 1971CZCzech humorist and writer
• Rita Delib. 1972HUHungarian handball player
• Andor Delib. 1977RSHungarian politician
• Gergely Delib. 1980HUHungarian jurist and university teacher, rector (1980)
• Musa Delib. 1982TRTurkish sociologist (born 1982)
• Xenia Delib. 1989MDMoldovan model

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 387 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Deli?

We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Deli (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Deli have the most bearers?

Deli is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled deli.

What does the name Deli mean?

Recorded meaning: Significado: Brillante