Gender: Girl
Meaning: Delicate; weak; temptress
Origin: Hebrew — from Delilah (דְּלִילָה), from dalal (to languish, to be weak or delicate)
Popularity: Ranked #50 in 2024 with 4,240 babies born.
History: Delilah is the biblical woman who famously discovered the secret of Samson's strength and cut his hair, delivering him to his enemies — a story of seduction and betrayal that has made her name synonymous with dangerous beauty for millennia. The name was considered too provocative for most of naming history, but Tom Jones's 1968 hit Delilah and Plain White T's 2006 song of the same name helped rehabilitate it. It entered the U.S. top 100 in the 2010s, with parents clearly drawn to its musicality and dramatic flair over its biblical baggage.
Famous people named Delilah: Delilah (biblical), Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's song)
Name length: 7 letters
How common is Delilah? About 1 in 785 babies born in 2024 were named Delilah, or roughly 11.6 per day in the United States.
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