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Delly

What does Delly mean?

Delly Pronunciation of Delly as a name for girls is of Old German derivation, and the meaning of the name Delly is "noble kind". Delly is a version of Adelaide (Old German): from adal heid. Delly is also a variant of Adeline (Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Del-, -ly

ASSOCIATED WITH noble, kind (gracious)

Variations

VARIANTS Delli, Della

RELATED FORMS VIA ADELAIDE, ADELINE Adell, Adella, Adelle, Del, Delina, Deline, Dell, Delle, Dellina, Delyne

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Doly, ..

(male) Dello, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Delly Haidyn (D.H.), ..

How popular is Delly?

Delly is an uncommonly occurring first name for females but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#57090 out of 150436, Top 38%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Adeline (#78 IN 2018), Adelaide (#298), Della (#861), Adell, Adella, Adelle, Delina and Dell are the prominent variation forms of Delly (NOT RANKED) ranked in the Top 2000. These forms of Delly were at the height of their popularity in the 1880s (MEDIAN #645) and are somewhat less conventional today (#1404, DOWN 47.7%), with forms such as Adell becoming somewhat dated. Adeline and Adelaide are two of the more contemporarily stylish baby names among these. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Adelaide, Adeline, Adell, Adella, Adelle in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Delina, Dell, Della in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Delly is alike in pronunciation to Dalia, Daliya, Dalla, Daly, Dalya, Dayla, Deelia, Dela, Delia, Delie, Delya, Diella, Dila, Dilla, Dilli, Dola, Dollee, Dolley, Dolli, Dollie and Dolly. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ally, Billy, Cally, Cilly, Colly, Delany, Delfa, Delila, Delis, Deliz, Dellis, Dellta (see Delta), Delma, Delmi, Delmy, Delta, Delyn, Denay, Deney, Denny, Dielle, Dillys, Doll, Dulcy, Emelly, Gilly, Hally, Hedly, Hilly, Holly, Jilly, Joelly, Jully, Kally, Kealy, Kelly, Lally, Lesly, Lilly, Lolly, Mally, Melly, Milly, Molly, Neely, Nelly, Polly, Reilly, Sally, Seely, Shelly, Tally, Tilly and Tully. These names tend to be more frequently used than Delly.

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