Delano
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning of the alder tree; from the plain.
Delano by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Delano. In the US, 47 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 315 babies in 1933, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delano. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Delan6 in the US (2017)
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Deklanman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan179 in the US (2017)
- Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Delano, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a tree
Like Delano, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Delano
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