Given name & surname
Delight
“one who gives pleasure”
Delight is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Delight is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Delight is a variant of Delicia. An origin associated with Delicia is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delight through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,051
- 0 boys · 1,051 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
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. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 703 as a first name in 2020; 130 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.
Delight’s family of names
Delight has a related form in Delicia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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