Delilah

Gender Feminine
Scripts דְּלִילָה (Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /dɪ.ˈlaɪ.lə/ (English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew [1] . In the Old Testament she is the lover of Samson, whom she betrays to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century [2] . It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time.

Related Names

DiminutivesLila, Lilah (English)
Other Languages & CulturesDelila (Biblical German) Dalida (Biblical Greek) Delila (Biblical Hebrew) Dalila (Biblical Latin) Dalila (French) Dalila (Italian) Dalila (Portuguese) Dalila (Spanish)

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People think this name is

classic formal upper class natural wholesome delicate refined strange complex serious
  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1807, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1807.
  2. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 81.

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