Delia

DEE-lee-ah

Greek

"born on the island of Delos"

Delia Origin and Meaning

The name Delia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "born on the island of Delos".

Delia is a somewhat neglected southern charmer that stands on its own but also might be short for Adelia or Cordelia.

Delia's name is based on that of the Greek island of Delos, which in Greek myth was the home of Apollo and Artemis and was an epithet of the moon goddess Artemis, and later taken up by the seventeenth century pastoral poets.

In Britain it has been associated with the cookbook writer and broadcaster Delia Smith; in the U.S. with novelist/screenwriter Delia Ephron, who often collaborated with her sister Nora. There have been characters named Delia on Everwood and Ghost Whisperer.

Delia Rank in US Top 1000

# 989 in the US

Delia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 498 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Delia

• 498 Nameberry 2025
• 439 Unique 2023
• 701 England 2021
• 403 Germany 2016
• 194 Switzerland 2023

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Famous People Named Delia

• Delia Ephron American writer
• Delia Ann Derbyshire English musician
• Delia Salter Bacon American writer
• Delia Matache Romanian singer
• Delia Parodi first Argentine woman to hold a government post
• Delia "Chikita" Gonzalez American boxer
• Cordelia Caroline "Delia" Sherman American fantasy novelist
• Delia Boccardo Italian actress

The name Delia in Pop Culture

• "Delia's Gone " folk song
• Delia Ketchum mother in the Pokemon series
• Delia "Dilly" Dedalus younger sister of Stephen Dedalus, mentioned in James Joyce's "Ulysses"
• Delia Brown character on "Everwood"
• Delia Banks character on "Ghost Whisperer"
• Delia Ralston character from Edith Wharton's 1924 novella "The Old Maid"
• Delia Delfano main character on TV's "I Didn't Do It"
• Delia character in Sarah Dessen's "The Truth About Forever"
• Delia Busby character in Call the Midwife
• Delia Deetz step,mother of Lydia Deetz in "Beetlejuice"
• Cordelia "Delia" Katherine Valentine Abbott daughter of Chloe Mitchell & Billy Abbott on "The Young and the Restless"
• Delia Barbie 12 dancing princesses