Delilah

Where Delilah comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Delilah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #547 among girls — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1977
    Delilah S. Dawson born
    American author
  3. 1983
    Delilah DiCrescenzo born
    American distance runner
  4. 2024
    Peak, #50
    4,254 babies named Delilah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Delilah S. Dawson · American author, born 1977
  • Delilah DiCrescenzo · American distance runner, born 1983
  • Delilah Cotto · American actress, dancer, model, born 1970
  • Delilah L. Beasley · American historian, 1871–1934

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.