Dilcia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Dilcia by the numbers
Dilcia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Dilcia
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.
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Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dilcia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
- Dolciesweet, gentle; a variant spelling of Dulcie116 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dulciesweet; a form of Dulciana86 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dilaraheart; beloved21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deliciadelight or charm13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dilcia
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