Deliah

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning delicate; a variant spelling of Delilah.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deliah by the numbers

Deliah was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Delilah

Like Deliah, each of these traces back to Delilah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Dalilahgentle or delicate; a variant of Delilah178 in the US (2017)
  • Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
  • Deliladelicate or weak; variant of Delilah41 in the US (2017)
  • Delailahdelicate; variant of Delilah10 in the US (2017)
  • Deliliahdelicate, weak; a form of Delilah8 in the US (2017)
  • Delilah-Maidelicate; a form of Delilah with Mai6 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deliah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
  • Daliahbranch; a form of Dalia or Dahlia45 in the US (2017)
  • Dellahdelicate; a form of Delilah6 in the US (2017)
  • Deliyah19 in the US (2017)
  • Desiah16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deliah

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

Other names that mean gentleness

Like Deliah, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Winniegentle friend; diminutive of Winfred or Winifred416 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Deliah

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