Meaning of the nameDalila

Dalila is a feminine name, the Portuguese form of the Hebrew Delilah, whose meaning is disputed among scholars.

Meaning

“of disputed meaning; among the proposals, "weak, delicate, languid"”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dalila · Wiktionary: Delilah

People (2022): 24,370
Rank in Brazil: #934
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 27,650; people

Dalila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dalila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (6,311 people).

24,260 women 110 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dalila is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dalila in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.019%
Tocantins 0.018%
Espírito Santo 0.017%
Goiás 0.017%
Piauí 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,607	0.010%
Minas Gerais	3,827	0.019%
Bahia	1,988	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	1,568	0.010%
Pará	1,290	0.016%
Paraná	1,236	0.011%
Goiás	1,198	0.017%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,101	0.010%
Ceará	1,024	0.012%
Maranhão	993	0.015%
Santa Catarina	751	0.010%
Espírito Santo	665	0.017%
Piauí	528	0.016%
Amazonas	506	0.013%
Distrito Federal	432	0.015%
Pernambuco	401	0.004%
Mato Grosso	367	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	355	0.013%
Tocantins	267	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	221	0.007%
Rondônia	220	0.014%
Sergipe	207	0.009%
Paraíba	195	0.005%
Alagoas	159	0.005%
Acre	95	0.011%
Roraima	85	0.013%
Amapá	84	0.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dalila

Dalila comes from Latin Dalila, which in turn comes from the Hebrew Delilah, the biblical name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records that the meaning is disputed: Guérios points to "weak, delicate, languid", and Nascentes lists hypotheses such as "beloved" and "feeble". Wiktionary translates the Hebrew as "[she who] weakened". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 24,370 people named Dalila, with a median age of 34. The name had the most records among those born in the 1980s and 1990s; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais, and it is almost always female.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dalila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Delilah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Dalila · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Dalila

What does the name Dalila mean?

Dalila means “of disputed meaning; among the proposals, "weak, delicate, languid"”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Dalila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 24,370 people with the first name Dalila, which ranks it number 934 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Dalila a boy's or a girl's name?

Dalila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 24,260 women and 110 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dalila?

Dalila is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dalila most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.019% of the state's population is named Dalila (3,827 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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