Deliverance

Girl or boy · English, from Latin through French

Deliverance

Say it: dih-LIV-er-ence

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Meaning

The English word deliverance 'rescue, salvation'.

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A Puritan name given to both girls and boys in New England.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800

Used by

English American

Famous bearers

Deliverance Dane, accused in the Salem witch trials

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Where this comes from

Puritan church and town records of England and New England
Colonial records of the Americas

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