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Delila

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of דְּלִילָה (Delila), a Hebrew name meaning 'thin', 'small', delicate', 'weak', 'languishing' [1] [2]

Related Names

Delila ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Delilah ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Delilla ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Swedish

See also Dalila, Della, Lila, Lilla, Tella

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Delila
Genitive: Delilas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Delila
Genitive: Delilan
Partitive: Delilaa
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Delila
Genitive: Delilas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Delila
Genitive: Delilas

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Bible

  • Delila is the mistress of Samson. She betrays him to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power.

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 25 people were named Delila (percentage of first or only given name: 24 %) [3]


Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[4]
49 83 49 83 0 0
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
 151
n.a.
 151 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6]
7
n.a.
 7
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
12
n.a.
 12
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Delila.


References

  1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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