Deilany

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deilany by the numbers

Deilany was given to 11 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 Deilany

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

  • Delanydescendant of the dark challenger; from Ó Dubhshláine51 in the US (2017)
  • Dailany14 in the US (2017)
  • Deilani7 in the US (2017)
  • Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
  • Destanyfate or destiny; modern spelling of destiny11 in the US (2017)
  • Delani79 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deilany

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

  • Delaniedark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a form of Delaney145 in the US (2017)
  • Delaynie14 in the US (2017)
  • Deylani7 in the US (2017)
  • Delanny6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Deilany

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