Delia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “from Delos.” In 2024 it was given to 141 girls in the United States.
Delia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“from Delos”
Pronunciation
/ˈdiːlɪə/
Also spelled
Adelia
About the name Delia
Delia belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “from Delos” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Adelia.
In the United States, Delia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #126 in 1880, and in 2024 141 babies received the name — 37,173 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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