Delilah (given name)
 Samson and Delilah by Alexandre Cabanel. | |
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
Delilah is a female given name of uncertain meaning. The best known Delilah is the Biblical character.
The name has been in use in the United States and United Kingdom since the mid-1600s.[1] The increase in the usage of the name in the Anglosphere has been attributed to the influence of the 2006 popular song Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T's as well as its similarity in sound to other currently popular names such as Leila, Lila, and Lily.[2] Another source notes its similarity in sound to the etymologically unrelated words delightful and the lilac.[3]
Usage
It has been among the top one thousand names used for girls in the United States since 1997 and among the one hundred most used names for American girls since 2018. [4] It has been among the five hundred most used for girls in England and Wales since 2008 and among the top one hundred names for girls since 2018. [5]
Other people with the name include:
- Delilah Cotto, Puerto Rican American actress, dancer and model
- Delilah S. Dawson (born 1977), American fantasy and science fiction writer
- Delilah DiCrescenzo (born 1983), American distance runner
- Delilah Gore (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
- Delila Hatuel (born 1980), Israeli fencer
- Delilah Montoya, (born 1955), American contemporary artist and educator
- Delilah Pierce (1904–1992), African-American artist, curator and educator
- Delilah Rene, better known simply as Delilah (born 1960), American radio personality
Notes
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ^ Sandel, Abby (23 February 2021). "Baby Name Delilah: Romantic Favorite". appellationmountain.net. Appellation Mountain (blog). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ 1,107 Baby Names that Stand the Test of Time by Jennifer Griffin, Workman Publishing Co., 2011, page 69, ISBN: 978-0-7611-8016-6
- ^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Delilah". Behind the Name.
See also
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