Given name & surname
Delisa
“one who gives pleasure”
Delisa is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Delisa is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Delisa 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 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,251
- 0 boys · 3,251 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 145 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 145 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,769 as a first name in 2020; 518 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.
Delisa’s family of names
Delisa has a related form in Delicia. In English usage, Delisa as a surname was borrowed from the Italian form De Lisa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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