Dalylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalylah by the numbers

Dalylah was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dalylah

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

  • Dalilahgentle or delicate; a variant of Delilah178 in the US (2017)
  • Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyla23 in the US (2017)
  • Danylah15 in the US (2017)
  • Dalaylah8 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyah6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalylah

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

  • Daliladelicate; gentle; variant of delilah88 in the US (2017)
  • Dahlila12 in the US (2017)
  • Dalayla12 in the US (2017)
  • Dahlyla6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalylah

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