Delfina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Delfina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Mozambique it is the 17th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Female variant of Dauphin; Aramaic etymology in this entry; name-day not stated.
- UYUruguay1 in 634(measured from records)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 1.4K
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.2K
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.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 220 (measured from records)
- 1 in 634 (inferred from the name graph)
≈33,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Female variant of Dauphin; Aramaic etymology in this entry; name-day not stated.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Delfina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #306 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 3.4K | Delfina | 115 |
| PE Peru | #541 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Delfina | 46 |
| MZ Mozambique | #17 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Delfina | 16 |
| AO Angola | #203 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Delfina | 22 |
| US United States | — | 7,051 | 1 in 47K | 7K | Delfina | 220 |
| UY Uruguay | #134 | 5,342 | 1 in 634 | 5.3K | Delfina | 36 |
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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Delfina 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 Portuguese, female equivalent of delfim
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, delphyne
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme de Delphine, du grec delphin « dauphin ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Proveniente da Delfi
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
De Delfos
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Delfina Potockab. 1807PLsocialite (1807-1877)
- Delfina Ortega Díazb. 1845MXFirst Lady of Mexico (1845-1880)
- Elena Garrob. 1916MXnot in their usual nameMexican writer (1916–1998)
- Delfina Guzmánb. 1928CLChilean actress
- Delfina Paredesb. 1944PEPeruvian actress
- Alma Delfinab. 1960MXMexican actress (born 1960)
- Delfina Aldenb. 1988UAactress
- Delfina Merinob. 1989AROlympic field hockey player
- Delfina Chavesb. 1996ARArgentinian actress
- Delfina Pignatiellob. 2000ARArgentine swimmer
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 75 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 13 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Delfina mean, and where does it come from?
- Female variant of Dauphin; Aramaic etymology in this entry; name-day not stated. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- Is Delfina a male or female name?
- Delfina is a female 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.
- What are other forms of the name Delfina?
- In the etymology graph, Delphine and Delphina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Delfina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Delfina in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled delfina.
- Where is Delfina most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Delfina is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 634 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Delfina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,051 people named Delfina in 2020, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.
- How common is Delfina compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Delfina is the 306th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
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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, “Delfina” — the 306th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.