Given name
Deloris
“woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary”
Deloris is a variant of Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deloris is a variant of Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deloris is a variant of Dolores. An origin associated with Dolores is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deloris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,781
- 98 boys · 34,683 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 990 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 990 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,930 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deloris’s family of names
Deloris has a related form in Dolores. Deloris has a related form in Delores.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Deloris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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