Delight Forename

70,988th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 8,018 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Delight Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Giving great pleasure.

Delight Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana
 
85%
2,8651:9,419941
Nigeria
 
87%
2,1321:83,2855,010
United States
100%
1,1791:307,4959,532
Zimbabwe
 
62%
6121:25,2022,646
South Africa
 
73%
2671:204,24213,079
Solomon Islands
100%
2631:2,209371
Philippines
 
99%
1941:546,44117,778
Kenya-1311:353,48911,446
Malawi
75%
 
1061:161,4377,641
India
 
57%
471:25,848,467558,660
Zambia-381:417,23110,440
Botswana-261:84,0177,219
England
 
92%
251:2,224,11727,299
Uganda
 
90%
231:1,780,73624,513
Tanzania
 
90%
201:2,639,41622,786
Canada
100%
191:1,743,86227,512
Guyana
100%
91:84,8076,788
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Liberia
50%
 
51:882,41221,482
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Bahamas-31:133,1232,262
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Germany
 
80%
11:96,677,87695,912
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Netherlands
 
76%
11:16,902,08343,152
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
France-11:66,470,34085,030

Delight (258) may also be a surname.

Delight Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Giving great pleasure.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Delight Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Delighte936/
Deilight934/
Deleight932/
Dealight931/
Deylight931/
Delyght868/
Dilight866/
Dalight863/
Daylight80130/
Delyghte804/
Dilighth803/
di Light801/
Daalight801/
Deluige712/
Delaige711/
Deylihx711/
Delix67558/
Twolight674/
Dhyaelit671/
Diuelita671/
Deslegch671/
Deslix622/
Deylix622/
Deilix621/
Deloix621/
Delhyx621/
Diluige571/
Delex50142/
Dilix505/

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