Demelza
A girls’ name of Cornish origin, meaning fort of the blacksmith.
Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies
Demelza by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Demelza.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 1978, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Demelza. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Demelza, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Demelza
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