Delilah (given name)

{{Infobox given name

| name = Delilah

| image = File:Elihu Vedder - Delilah - 1994.124 - Detroit Institute of Arts.jpg

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| caption = Delilah by Elihu Vedder.

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| gender = Feminine

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| origin = Hebrew

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| related names = Dalila, Delila

}}Delilah is a feminine given name of uncertain meaning. The best known Delilah is the Biblical character.

The name has been in use in the United States and United Kingdom since the mid-1600s. {{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=73 |isbn= 0-19-861060-2}} The increase in the usage of the name in the Anglosphere has been attributed to the influence of the 2006 popular song Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T's as well as its similarity in sound to other currently popular names such as Leila, Lila, and Lily.{{cite web

| url = https://appellationmountain.net/name-of-the-day-delilah/?doing_wp_cron=1652493452.1055219173431396484375

| title =Baby Name Delilah: Romantic Favorite

| last =Sandel

| first =Abby

| date = 23 February 2021

| website = appellationmountain.net

| publisher = Appellation Mountain (blog)

| access-date = 13 May 2022

| quote = }} Another source notes its similarity in sound to the etymologically unrelated words delightful and lilac. 1,107 Baby Names that Stand the Test of Time by Jennifer Griffin, Workman Publishing Co., 2011, page 69, {{ISBN|978-0-7611-8016-6}}