Girl · Lithuanian
Dalia
Say it: DAH-lyah
Meaning
Lithuanian dalia 'share, lot, fate', also the name of a goddess of fate in Lithuanian folklore.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 12,709 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1994, about 1 in 3,500 girls
- 228 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, president of Lithuania
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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