Given name & surname
Delancy
“from the elder tree grove”
Delancy is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “from the elder tree grove.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “from the elder tree grove.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delancy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 5 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,221 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,221 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020; 1,135 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Delancy’s family of names
Delancy has a related form in Delancey. Delancy has a related form in Delancey. Delancy has a related form in Delancea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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