Delois
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
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Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Delois by the numbers
Its American peak was 321 babies in 1948, making it a 1940s name.
What we can tell you about Delois
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 Delois. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Delorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
- Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
- Dallisfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas38 in the US (2017)
- Delvinblack-haired or descendant of Delb6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deloressorrows; a form of Dolores15 in the US (2017)
- Dolorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
Names about as common as Delois
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