Delia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled D'Elia in IT Italy.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 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◐

Delia is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name497K records spelled Delia22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written D'Elia, Dèlia, Delïa, Delìa, Dēlīā

• a separate given name29K records spelled Delia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Bolivia, Canada

  Also written Delía, Dèlia

• French given name21K records spelled Delia8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Also written D'Elia, D-Elia, D’Elia, D'Élia, Dèlia

• Indonesian given name20K records spelled Delia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Also written 'Delia, D'Elia, Delia', D’Elia, Délia

• Italian surname7.8K records spelled Delia21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, Switzerland

  Languages: Italian, English, German

  Also written D'Elia, D’Elia, Délia, D-Elia, D''Elia

• Romanian given name7.5K records spelled Delia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United States, Italy, Spain

  Also written D'Elia, Délia, Delïa, Dĕlîă

• Catalan given name7.3K records spelled Delia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Dèlia

• Hindi given name3.1K records spelled Delia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, Peru

  Also written D'Elia, Dèlia, Délia

• Polish given name2.5K records spelled Delia22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Philippines, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Делия, D'Elia, Делиа, Deliya, Deliä

66 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●

Delia 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.

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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

• In Spanish, Greek epithet of Artemis, from Delos

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, grafia justaposta de D'Elia.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, family of Italian artists

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, pers. name (D. Reese)

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Myrna Loyb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1905–1993)
• Adele Goldstineb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer programmer (1920–1964)
• Daliah Lavib. 1942ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)
• Delia Boccardob. 1948ITItalian actress (born 1948)
• Dalia Itzikb. 1952ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
• Adele Neuhauserb. 1959ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actress
• Emeli Sandéb. 1987GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer
• Adeleb. 1988GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1988)
• Ruth Kearneyb. 1989IEnot in their usual nameIrish actress
• Melanie Martinezb. 1995BRnot in their usual nameMexican-American singer-songwriter

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 · 1,110 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Delia?

We estimate roughly 75 thousand people bear Delia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Delia have the most bearers?

Delia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled delia.

Where is Delia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Delia is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 788 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Delia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Delia is the 215th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Delia a male or female name?

Delia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Delia mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek; woman from the island of Delos; also another name for Artemis