Delma

Where Delma comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Delma.

  • Vowel-ended
Delma through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #793 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Peak, #448
    64 babies named Delma, its best rank.
  3. 1913
    Delma Byron born
    American dancer
  4. 1945
    Delma S. Arrigoitia born
    Puerto Rican historian
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,349.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Adelma.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Fidelma.
Namesakes
  • Delma Byron · American dancer, 1913–2006
  • Delma S. Arrigoitia · Puerto Rican historian, 1945–2023
  • Delma Zita · Mozambican basketball player, born 1998

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.