Delia Forename
1,481st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 661,213 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico
Delia Forename Definition:
A female name. an epithet of Artemis, derived from her birthplace Delos. It was a favourite name with pastoral poets in the 17th and 18th C. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 mentions it as an occasional christian name, and it is still sometimes used.
Read More About This ForenameDelia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 116,113 | 1:913 | 176 |
| Argentina | 100% | 113,382 | 1:377 | 91 |
| Mexico | 100% | 76,105 | 1:1,631 | 279 |
| Peru | 100% | 54,352 | 1:585 | 97 |
| United States | 100% | 53,574 | 1:6,767 | 856 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26,401 | 1:1,144 | 180 |
| Ecuador | - | 24,968 | 1:710 | 156 |
| Romania | 100% | 19,704 | 1:1,018 | 161 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 18,584 | 1:570 | 137 |
| Colombia | 100% | 18,075 | 1:2,643 | 351 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 13,801 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Cuba | - | 12,449 | 1:924 | 211 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 12,341 | 1:1,305 | 265 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11,673 | 1:304 | 63 |
| Italy | 100% | 9,064 | 1:6,737 | 519 |
| Chile | 100% | 8,593 | 1:2,049 | 309 |
| Spain | 100% | 8,440 | 1:5,513 | 515 |
| Honduras | 100% | 7,159 | 1:1,232 | 215 |
| England | 100% | 5,868 | 1:9,476 | 767 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 5,254 | 1:652 | 139 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,009 | 1:64,346 | 7,792 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,765 | 1:4,545 | 691 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,676 | 1:14,835 | 2,257 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,673 | 1:1,064 | 189 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,316 | 1:64,607 | 4,204 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,935 | 1:2,051 | 380 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,800 | 1:34,528 | 1,212 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,483 | 1:4,201 | 633 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,346 | 1:14,123 | 1,453 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,911 | 1:3,319 | 409 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,134 | 1:4,095 | 450 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,043 | 1:4,571 | 601 |
| Zambia | - | 1,040 | 1:15,245 | 1,462 |
| Australia | - | 938 | 1:14,560 | 1,161 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 572 | 1:26,965 | 2,783 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 509 | 1:16,137 | 1,263 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 456 | 1:37,066 | 2,826 |
| Congo | 100% | 455 | 1:11,009 | 1,388 |
| Egypt | 79% | 434 | 1:211,753 | 7,640 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 415 | 1:427,866 | 14,149 |
| Portugal | - | 406 | 1:25,643 | 1,119 |
| Iraq | 100% | 367 | 1:95,417 | 2,385 |
| France | 100% | 344 | 1:193,228 | 3,198 |
| China | - | 336 | 1:4,065,642 | 51,317 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 315 | 1:234,373 | 9,910 |
| Scotland | 100% | 305 | 1:17,542 | 920 |
| New Zealand | - | 292 | 1:15,534 | 1,358 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Wales | 100% | 250 | 1:12,377 | 899 |
| Belize | 100% | 234 | 1:1,514 | 338 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 190 | 1:125,104 | 13,618 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 174 | 1:175,000 | 10,516 |
| India | 95% | 164 | 1:7,407,793 | 247,350 |
| Haiti | 100% | 153 | 1:70,111 | 4,329 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 152 | 1:8,957 | 1,357 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 148 | 1:356,678 | 11,602 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 144 | 1:1,235 | 207 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Thailand | 100% | 141 | 1:496,921 | 23,638 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Belgium | 100% | 131 | 1:87,710 | 3,224 |
| Sweden | 100% | 120 | 1:82,149 | 3,727 |
| Jamaica | - | 102 | 1:28,267 | 2,010 |
| Qatar | 100% | 102 | 1:23,231 | 3,339 |
| Greece | 100% | 89 | 1:122,860 | 3,069 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Austria | 100% | 74 | 1:115,057 | 2,259 |
| Singapore | 100% | 74 | 1:84,960 | 7,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 59 | 1:138,175 | 12,211 |
| Norway | 100% | 50 | 1:102,647 | 3,293 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 49 | 1:441,031 | 14,805 |
| Russia | 100% | 48 | 1:3,004,869 | 17,521 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 41 | 1:137,258 | 3,684 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| Hong Kong | - | 30 | 1:258,424 | 3,493 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 27 | 1:2,270 | 503 |
| Liberia | 100% | 26 | 1:169,695 | 6,327 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 26 | 1:21,694 | 1,244 |
| Barbados | - | 25 | 1:11,592 | 1,168 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 25 | 1:1,819,996 | 4,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Croatia | 100% | 22 | 1:191,685 | 3,419 |
| Iceland | - | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Uganda | 92% | 21 | 1:1,950,330 | 25,877 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| Jordan | 97% | 18 | 1:490,376 | 3,812 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Finland | 74% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Israel | 89% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Moldova | 100% | 15 | 1:237,409 | 2,006 |
| Czechia | 100% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Iran | - | 10 | 1:7,849,687 | 24,628 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Dominica | - | 9 | 1:8,386 | 360 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 83% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Oman | 100% | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palestine | - | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Délia (520) & Dèlia (14) are calculated separately.
Delia (11,942) may also be a surname.
Delia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. an epithet of Artemis, derived from her birthplace Delos. It was a favourite name with pastoral poets in the 17th and 18th C. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 mentions it as an occasional christian name, and it is still sometimes used.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A ‘surname’ of Artemis as Delius is of Apollo; from the Greek island of Delos. Delia has been popular with English lyric and pastoral poets.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Brilliant.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Of Delos. Some authorities give this as a form of Cordelia.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Delia Forename Popularity
Delia Demographics
Delia Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 8,395 (2014)
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Delia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Delia in the Russian language | ||
| Делиа | delia | - |
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