Delanny

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Delanny by the numbers

Delanny was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Delanny

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

  • Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
  • Delanydescendant of the dark challenger; from Ó Dubhshláine51 in the US (2017)
  • Devanny12 in the US (2017)
  • Deannadivine; a form of Diana162 in the US (2017)
  • Delaniedark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a form of Delaney145 in the US (2017)
  • Dylannson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan77 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Delanny

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

Names about as common as Delanny

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