Dëlï
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Dëlï is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatu.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 51K(inferred from the name graph)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 13K
- BOBolivia≈1 in 34K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 117 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Delhi in BR Brazil, PE Peru, BO Bolivia, Deli in ID Indonesia and De-Li in CN China.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- GermanDelikatessen(measured from records)
- Frenchdélicatesse(measured from records)
- Latindelicatus(measured from records)
Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dëlï counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | De-Li | 10 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Deli | 84 |
| BR Brazil | 2,279 | 1 in 93K | 3K | Delhi | 49 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Delhi | 9 |
| PE Peru | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 110K | — | Delhi | 24 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 384 | — | 1 |
| AL Albania | 73 | 1 in 42K | 71 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dëlï mean, and where does it come from?
- Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatu… Recorded by Wiktionary and Családnevek enciklopédiája.
- Is Dëlï a male or female name?
- Dëlï is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Dëlï have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Dëlï in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled De-Li.
- How common is the name Dëlï?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 2,279 people named Dëlï in 2022, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dëlï”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.