Delfina

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Girl · Greek, through Latin

Delfina

Say it: del-FEE-nah

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Meaning

From Latin Delphina 'woman of Delphi', connected with Greek delphis 'dolphin'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Popular in Argentina in the 2000s.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1890s

In the United States

3,937 babies given this name since 1884
At its height in 1896, about 1 in 17,000 girls
9 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Argentine Italian Spanish

The family of the name

Italian	Delfina
French	Delphine

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Where this comes from

National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.