Dalilah

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning gentle or delicate; a variant of Delilah.

Babies a year
178
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies

Dalilah by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Dalilah. In the US, 178 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 262 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Delilah

Like Dalilah, each of these traces back to Delilah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
  • Deliladelicate or weak; variant of Delilah41 in the US (2017)
  • Deliahdelicate; a variant spelling of Delilah21 in the US (2017)
  • Delailahdelicate; variant of Delilah10 in the US (2017)
  • Deliliahdelicate, weak; a form of Delilah8 in the US (2017)
  • Delilah-Maidelicate; a form of Delilah with Mai6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dellahdelicate; a form of Delilah6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dalilah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daliladelicate; gentle; variant of delilah88 in the US (2017)
  • Daliahbranch; a form of Dalia or Dahlia45 in the US (2017)
  • Daliyah69 in the US (2017)
  • Dalylah24 in the US (2017)
  • Dailah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalilah

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

Other names that mean gentleness

Like Dalilah, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Winniegentle friend; diminutive of Winfred or Winifred416 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Dalilah

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