Dahlia

Dahlia \da-hlia, dah-l-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Dahlia is pronounced as D-LYaa- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Dahlia: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Dahlia?

Dahlia is used predominantly in English and German, and its origin is Germanic. Literally from the element 'dahlia'. The first name is derived from the flower name. The flower was named in the 19th century in tribute to the Swedish botanist pioneer Anders Dahl (1751-1789), whose surname is itself from the name short names for Dale. The given name Dahlia was first adopted by English speakers at the end of the 19th century during the vogue for plant and flower names. It has been popular in literature, having appeared in George Meredith's novel Rhoda Fleming (1865) and P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves novels (1915-1974). Dahlia has 14 variants that are used in both English and other languages. English variants consist of nicknames for Dahiana, Dahl pronounciation, Dahlea meaning, meaning of Dahliah, baby name Dahlya, what does the name Dahlye mean, baby name Daleia, Dalla name, Dalya name popularity (used in Turkish too), Dayha name variations, and Dollie meaning and origin. Other English forms consist of the spelling variants Dalia meaning and origin (used in Arabic, German, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish too) and Daliah name popularity. A variant of Dahlia used in other languages is Dália meaning (Hungarian). Dahlia is a fairly popular baby name for girls, and it perceived to be trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the recent height of its usage in 2010, 0.023% of baby girls were named Dahlia. Its ranking then was #650. Within all girl names in its group, Dahlia was the most popular in 2010. Dahlia was used 72% more than the subsequent ranked name, Dalia name, in that year.

A famous person named Dahlia is Cartoonist Dale Messick, born Dahlia Messick, 11 April 1906 - 5 April 2005, South Bend, Indiana.

List of baby names that sound like Dahlia:

Daele name variations, what does the name Dahl mean (Scandinavian), baby name Dail, Daile meaning of name, Dal meaning and origin, Dale definition (English), Dayl name popularity, Dayle name popularity (English), meaning of Deal, name Del meaning, short names for Dell (English), Delle definition (English), Deloo meaning, Delya name variations, Delyah meaning, name Dil meaning (Welsh), Dill name (Welsh), Dol definition (Romanian), name Doll (English), and Tala definition (English).

The baby name Dahlia fun facts:

The name Dahlia in reverse order is "Ailhad".

The numerological value of the name Dahlia is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Dahlia?

Dahlia is in the top names in USA.