Delphinus

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Delphinus is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Tanzania.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania
  • DEGermany
  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Delphinus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, constellation

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Latin, a dolphin (an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistidae)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, Delphinus (constellation)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Delfīns, debess ziemeļu puslodes zvaigznājs

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Delfīnu dzimtas ģints

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Delphinus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—6#24,300
GD GrenadaGrenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 202520251#149

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Delphinus come from?
A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Delphinus mean?
Recorded meaning: A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin.
Is Delphinus a male or female name?
Delphinus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Delphinus have the most bearers?
Delphinus is most frequently recorded in Tanzania.

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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, “Delphinus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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