Delfina

Where Delfina comes from

The dictionaries list Delfina as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Delfina Bunge born
    Argentine writer
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #851 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1925
    Peak, #794
    86 babies named Delfina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,101.
  5. 1989
    Delfina Merino born
    Olympic field hockey player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Delfina Bunge · Argentine writer, 1881–1952
  • Delfina Merino · Olympic field hockey player, born 1989
  • Delfina Potocka · socialite, 1807–1877
  • Delfina Pignatiello · Argentine swimmer, born 2000
  • Delfina De la Cruz Zañartu · Chilean composer and First Lady of Chile, 1837–1905

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.