Delores

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Delores

Say it: deh-LOR-iss

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Meaning

A spelling of Dolores, Spanish for 'sorrows', from the title María de los Dolores 'Mary of the Sorrows'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

An American spelling most common in the 1920s to 1940s.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1930s

In the United States

118,159 babies given this name since 1890
At its height in 1932, about 1 in 257 girls
15 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Dolores, Deloris

Spanish	Dolores

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Where this comes from

United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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