Delon

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name 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◐

Delon is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name7.9K records spelled Delon7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Delón, De'Lon, Delòn

• Indonesian given name1.1K records spelled Delon4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Délon, Délōn

• a separate given name1.0K records spelled Delon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Délon, Delón

• Thai given name98 records spelled Delon5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, Malaysia

  Also written เดอลอง, Delón, Delòn

51 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●

Delon is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, accusative singular of Dēlos

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

• In frp, Monday

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 79 years between 1932–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Delon Felixb. 1974GDGrenadian sprinter
• Delon Thamrinb. 1978IDIndonesian actor
• Delon Armitageb. 1983TTEnglish rugby union footballer
• Delone Carterb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican football player (born 1987)
• Delon Wrightb. 1992USAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
• Delon de MetzUSAmerican television actor
• Delon WashingtonUSAmerican football running back

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 · 167 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Delon?

We estimate roughly 2.0 thousand people bear Delon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Delon have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.2 thousand people bear Delon in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled delon.

Where is Delon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Delon is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.0 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Delon compared with other names?

In Guyana, Delon is the 37th most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Delon a male or female name?

Delon is a male 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.