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What does Dahlia mean?
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)
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.
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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