Delani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 79 babies a year in the US.
Delani by the numbers
Delani was given to 79 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 Delani
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 Delani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Delaniedark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a form of Delaney145 in the US (2017)
- Delanydescendant of the dark challenger; from Ó Dubhshláine51 in the US (2017)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Demani35 in the US (2017)
- Dalani23 in the US (2017)
- Delana5 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Delani
Names that are said the same way as Delani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Delani
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