Dahlya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Dahlya by the numbers
Dahlya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Dahlya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dahlya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dahliaflower named after botanist anders dahl790 in the US (2017)
- Dalyabranch; a form of Dalia13 in the US (2017)
- Dahlyla6 in the US (2017)
- Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Darladarling; a form of Darlene124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daniyagod is my judge; a feminine form of Daniel51 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dahlya
Names that are said the same way as Dahlya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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