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Names like Delilah

Delilah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning “Delicate, languishing”. It sits in the timeless era with a soft, ethereal energy, and we describe it as “soft power at its most luminous”. If you love the sound of Delilah but want a few alternatives, here are 32 names like Delilah: names that share its roots, its era and energy, its sound or its meaning, each with the reason it made the list.

32 names

Same roots · Names that share Delilah’s Anglo-Saxon or Hebrew roots.

Eve
Hebrew / English
To live, to breathe
GirlBiblicalVirtue
Jessica
Hebrew / English
God beholds
GirlBiblicalLiterary
Ruth
Hebrew / Biblical
Companion
GirlBiblicalVirtue
Tamar
Hebrew / Biblical
Date palm
GirlBiblicalBotanical
Anna
Hebrew
Grace
GirlBiblicalVirtue
Hannah
Hebrew / Biblical
Grace, favour
GirlBiblical
Leah
Hebrew / Biblical
Weary, tender-eyed
GirlBiblical
Sara
Hebrew
Princess
GirlBiblicalVirtue

Same era, same energy · Names with Delilah’s timeless feel and soft, ethereal energy, whatever their roots.

Annabel
Scottish / English
Loving
GirlLiterary
Elisa
Hebrew / Spanish / Italian
My God is an oath
GirlBiblicalVirtue
Gianna
Italian / Hebrew
God is gracious
GirlBiblicalHistorical
Gwendolyn
Welsh / English
White ring, blessed
GirlLiteraryMythological
Mariam
Arabic / Biblical
Arabic form of Mary
GirlBiblicalHistorical
Naomi
Hebrew
Pleasantness
GirlBiblical
Beatriz
Latin / Spanish
She who brings happiness
GirlLiteraryVirtue
Bianca
Latin / Italian / Spanish
White, pure
GirlLiteraryVirtue

Sounds similar · Names that start or end the way Delilah does.

Deepa
Sanskrit
Lamp, light
GirlVirtue
Daisy
Old English
Day's eye
GirlBotanicalNature
Daphne
Greek / English
Laurel tree
GirlBotanicalMythological
Devika
Sanskrit
Little goddess
GirlMythological
Diana
Latin / English
Divine
GirlMythologicalHistorical
Delaney
Irish / English
Of the alder grove
UnisexNature
Delilah-Rose
Hebrew / English
Delicate Rose
GirlBiblicalBotanical
Aaliyah
Arabic
Exalted, sublime
GirlVirtue

If you like the meaning · Names whose meaning sits close to Delilah’s “Delicate, languishing”.

Camille
French / English
Attendant at a ceremony
GirlBotanicalLiterary
Cecilia
Latin / Spanish
Patron saint of music
GirlHistoricalVirtue
Eliana
Hebrew / Greek
My God has answered
GirlBiblicalMythological
Frances
Latin
Free one
GirlVirtueLiterary
Lyra
Greek
Lyre
UnisexCelestialMythological
Madeline
Hebrew / Old French
From Magdalene
GirlLiteraryBiblical
Mariana
Spanish / Portuguese
Beloved
GirlBiblicalHistorical
Meera
Sanskrit / Hindi
Devotee
GirlLiteraryMythological

Quick questions

What names are similar to Delilah?
Names similar to Delilah include Eve, Jessica, Ruth, Tamar, Anna, Hannah. Each shares Delilah’s roots, its era and energy, its sound or its meaning.

What is a good alternative to Delilah?
If you want something close to Delilah but a little different, try Annabel, Elisa, Gianna. Each shares part of what makes Delilah work, from its feel to its sound or meaning.

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