Given name & surname · also French
Delano
“from”
Delano is a surname from French, ultimately from Latin.
Original FrenchDelannoy
Meaning & origin
What it means
Delano goes back to Old French de, meaning “from.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Delano comes from French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Delano as a surname developed from DELANNOY.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,602
- 5,531 boys · 71 girls
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 329 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,162 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,162 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 316 in 1933. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,621 as a first name in 2020; 4,793 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.
Delano’s family of names
In English usage, Delano as a surname developed from the French form DELANNOY. Delano has a related form in Delaney.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Delano
- Delano WilliamsSprint athlete from the Turks and Caicos Islandsborn 1993
- Delano BurgzorgDutch-Surinamese footballerborn 1998
- Delano Ladanassociation football playerborn 2000
- Delano HillDutch footballerborn 1975
- Delano LewisAmerican attorney, businessman and diplomat (1938–2023)
- Delano KennedyJamaican athlete (born 2004)
- Delano van Crooijassociation football playerborn 1991
- Lano HillAmerican football playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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