Delia
Delia is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Of Delos; the moon goddess.
What Delia means
Of Delos; the moon goddess.
Delia sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Delia comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Delia is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Delia?
You will not find Delia in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Delia
Delia spans Moon and the stars and sky, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Delia
These share Delia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nyx — Night; goddess of night.
- Selene — Goddess of the moon.
- Luna — The moon.
- Tsuki — The moon.
- Nguyet — The moon.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.
- Theia — Goddess; divine.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
More Greek names
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Demetrius — Devoted to Demeter; of the earth.
- Damon — To tame; a loyal friend.
- Diamond — Brilliant and unbreakable gem.
- Damaris — Gentle; a calf.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Crystal — Clear, brilliant ice.
- Ebony — Deep black wood.
- Cosmos — Harmony; the cosmos flower.
- Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.