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Dahlia

What does Dahlia mean?

Dahlia Pronunciation of Dahlia as a girls' name is pronounced DAL-yah. It is of Swedish and Scandinavian origin, and the meaning of Dahlia is "valley". Also the flower named for 18th-century Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

STARTS WITH Da-

ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, flower, 18th century

Variations

VARIANTS Dahiana, Dahl, Dayha, Daleia, Dalia, Dalla

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dahlia Selene (D.S.), ..

How popular is Dahlia?

Dahlia is a somewhat prominent first name for women (#2344 out of 4276, Top 55%) but an uncommon last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Dahlia was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest rank of #393 in the U.S. in 2017, and is at #410 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dahlia name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dahlia outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Dalia (#1051 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) is the only other popular related form of Dahlia (#410) listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Dahlia reached its apex less than a decade ago (AVERAGE #731) and has remained as conventional to this day (#730, 5% LESS USAGE). Dalia is the clear favorite, although Dahlia seems to be becoming a favorite too.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dahlia, Dalia in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dahlia and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dahlia is alike in pronunciation to Daliah, Daliya, Daliyah, Daly, Dalya, Dalyah, Dayla, Deelia, Dela, Delia, Delie, Della, Delli, Delya, Diella, Dila, Dilla, Dilli, Dola, Dolli and Dollie. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cahlie, Callia, Carlia, Caylia, Dacia, Dael, Dahlina, Dahna, Dahnya, Dail, Daile, Dale, Dalila, Dalina, Dalit, Dallina, Dallis, Dalma, Damia, Dania, Dannia, Darcia, Daria, Darla, Darlina, Datia, Davia, Dayle, Galia, Gallia, Halia, Kahla, Kahli, Kalia, Lalia, Lallia, Mahalia, Mahelia, Malia, Sahlma, Tahlia, Tahnia, Talia, Tallia, Vallia, Zalia and Zaylia. These names tend to be less frequently used than Dahlia.

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