Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Delane is a form of Delaine. Delaine comes from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,878
- 923 boys · 955 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,444 as a first name in 2020; 597 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.
Delane’s family of names
Delane has a related form in Delaney. In English usage, Delane as a surname has a related form in Delaine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Delane
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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