Delsa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Delsa by the numbers

Delsa was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.

What we can tell you about Delsa

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

  • Dellanoble; a form of Adela248 in the US (2017)
  • Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
  • Deltafourth letter of the Greek alphabet72 in the US (2017)
  • Dessa18 in the US (2017)
  • Dela7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delisa6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Delsa

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