Girl · English pet form of a Germanic name
Della
Say it: DEL-uh
Meaning
A pet form of Adela or Adelaide, from Germanic adal 'noble'; sometimes linked to Delia.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 68,582 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1884, about 1 in 238 girls
- 281 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Della Reese, American singer and actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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