Dalaylah

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

Dalaylah by the numbers

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

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Dalaylah

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

  • Dalylah24 in the US (2017)
  • Dalayah17 in the US (2017)
  • Dalayla12 in the US (2017)
  • Dalilahgentle or delicate; a variant of Delilah178 in the US (2017)
  • Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
  • Delailahdelicate; variant of Delilah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalaylah

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

  • Daliladelicate; gentle; variant of delilah88 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyla23 in the US (2017)
  • Dahlila12 in the US (2017)
  • Dahlyla6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalaylah

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