Delilah
Delilah is a girl name of Hebrew origin, ranked #57 in popularity, meaning Delicate.
What Delilah means
Delicate.
Delilah sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Delilah comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Delilah is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Delilah?
Delilah is ranked #57, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Delilah
We group Delilah under scripture and Gentle — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Delilah
These share Delilah's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Rachel — Ewe; innocent and gentle.
- Damaris — Gentle; a calf.
- Deborah — Bee; an industrious leader.
- Eliana — My God has answered.
- Josephine — God will increase.
- Naomi — Pleasantness, delight.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Abigail — My father's joy.
- Adina — Delicate; noble.
- Ariel — Lion of God.
- Bethany — House of figs.
- Carmel — Garden; orchard.