Delilah

Where Delilah comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Delilah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Delilah through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #547 among girls, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1977
    Delilah S. Dawson born
    American author
  3. 1983
    Delilah DiCrescenzo born
    American distance runner
  4. 2024
    Peak, #50
    4,254 babies named Delilah, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Delilah S. Dawson · American author, born 1977
  • Delilah DiCrescenzo · American distance runner, born 1983
  • Delilah Cotto · American actress, dancer, model, born 1970
  • Delilah L. Beasley · American historian, 1871–1934

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.