Delaney

Delaney is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning From the alder grove.

What Delaney means

From the alder grove.

Delaney sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Delaney comes from

Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.

Delaney is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.

How popular is Delaney?

Delaney sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

The character of Delaney

We group Delaney under the natural world. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.

Themes: Nature

Names like Delaney

These share Delaney's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Blathnaid — Little flower; blossom.
• Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
• Fiadh — Wild; a wild deer.
• Roisin — Little rose.
• Darragh — Oak tree.
• Ronan — Little seal.
• Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
• Colm — Dove.
• Conall — Strong as a wolf.
• Connor — Lover of hounds; strong-willed.
• Conor — Lover of wolves; strong-willed.
• Odhran — Little pale-green one.

More Irish names

• Deirdre — She who whispers; sorrowful beauty.
• Desmond — From South Munster.
• Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
• Diarmuid — Free man; without envy.
• Dearbhla — True desire; poet's daughter.
• Donovan — Dark warrior chief.
• Darragh — Oak tree.
• Eabha — Life; the living one.
• Daithi — Swift and nimble; beloved.
• Eamon — Wealthy protector.