Girl · Greek
Delphine
Say it: del-FEEN
Meaning
From Greek Delphinē, connected with Delphi or with delphis 'dolphin'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Made known by Madame de Staël's novel Delphine (1802) and popular in France in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 10,261 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1930, about 1 in 4,700 girls
- 41 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Delfina |
|---|---|
| English | Delphina |
Famous bearers
- Delphine de Girardin, writer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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