Delany
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning descendant of the dark challenger; from Ó Dubhshláine.
Babies a year
51
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Delany by the numbers
Delany was given to 51 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 57 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Delany
Names that are said the same way as Delany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Delany, 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 Delany
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