Delphine
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Delphine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Ghana it is the 30th most common surname. In French, recorded as Female form of Delphin, from Greek delphis 'dolphin'.
- GHGhana≈1 in 675as Doe(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 884as Doe
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 1.1Kas Doe
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Delphine itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #940 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 418 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 675 (inferred from the name graph)
≈260,000 named Doe, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est., as Doe
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Doe in US United States, NG Nigeria, GH Ghana and 4 more.
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)
Female form of Delphin, from Greek delphis 'dolphin'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Delphine is read(measured from records)
Delphine is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French85%
Female form of Delphin, from Greek delphis 'dolphin'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du grec delphin « dauphin »; fête de sainte Delphine le 26 novembre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
D’origine latine, signifie « dauphin ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- English12%
A female given name from French, Latin, or Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
From Delphinium; flower name
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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Delphine 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #420 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 884 | — | Doe | 11 |
| NG Nigeria | #616 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Doe | 26 |
| GH Ghana | #30 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 675 | — | Doe | 64 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | listed | Doe | 57 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #270 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Doe | 11 |
| US United States | — | 30,301as Do | 1 in 11K | 263K | Doe | 418 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Delphine | 33 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #77 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Doe | 30 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the id-github-names register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Delphine is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Or Flower Name
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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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Delphine LaLaurieb. 1787USAmerican serial killer (1787–1849)
- Delphine de Girardinb. 1804FRFrench writer (1804–1855)
- Delphine Seyrigb. 1932FRFrench actress and film director (1932–1990)
- Delphine de Viganb. 1966FRFrench novelist
- Princess Delphine of Belgiumb. 1968BEBelgian artist; extramarital daughter of King Albert II of Belgium
- Delphine Coulinb. 1972FRFrench writer, screenwriter and film director
- Delphine Bathob. 1973FRFrench politician
- Delphine Arnaultb. 1975FRFrench businesswoman
- Delphine Depardieub. 1979FRFrench actress
- Delphine Cascarinob. 1997FRFrench footballer (born 1997)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.3K | #3,750 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46 | #3,750 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1933 | 5 | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- What does the name Delphine mean, and where does it come from?
- Female form of Delphin, from Greek delphis 'dolphin'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Delphine a male or female name?
- Delphine 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 Delphine have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 264 thousand people named Doe in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- What are other forms of the name Delphine?
- In the etymology graph, Delfina and Delphina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Delphine?
- In the United States, the national register counted 30,301 people named Do in 2010, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Delphine compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Delphine is the 420th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Delphine?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/delphineThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Delphine” — the 420th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.