Delano

Where Delano comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Delano.

  • Vowel-ended
Delano through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,915 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Around this time: Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office
    Event, 1933 · Source
  3. 1933
    Peak, #302
    316 babies named Delano, the most in any year.
  4. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #531.
  5. 1993
    Delano Williams born
    Sprint athlete from the Turks and Caicos Islands
  6. 1998
    Delano Burgzorg born
    Dutch-Surinamese footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Delano Williams · Sprint athlete from the Turks and Caicos Islands, born 1993
  • Delano Burgzorg · Dutch-Surinamese footballer, born 1998
  • Delano Ladan · association football player, born 2000
  • Delano Hill · Dutch footballer, born 1975
  • Delano Lewis · American attorney, businessman and diplomat, 1938–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.