Delainey
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning dark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a modern respelling of Delaney.
Babies a year
57
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Delainey by the numbers
Delainey was given to 57 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 93 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delainey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Delainey
Names that are said the same way as Delainey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Delaynee7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Delainey, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Delainey
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