Dalanie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalanie by the numbers

Dalanie was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dalanie

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 Dalanie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Delaniedark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a form of Delaney145 in the US (2017)
  • Dylanieson of the sea; a form of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
  • Dalani23 in the US (2017)
  • Dalarie7 in the US (2017)
  • Danniegod is my judge; diminutive of Daniel29 in the US (2017)
  • Daphnielaurel tree; a variant of Daphne14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalanie

Names that are said the same way as Dalanie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Dalanie

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