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Dellar
Pronounced DELL-ur /หdษl.ษr/Medium
Meaning: Dellar is best read as a regional elaboration of Della, the pet form of Adela or Adelaide, from a Germanic root meaning 'noble'. The added -ar tail is the kind of ornament often seen in early-twentieth-century Southern records; a separate origin is not documented, so confidence is modest.Low
Popularity in the U.S. ยท SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Dellar appears in United States birth records from around the turn of the twentieth century through the mid-1900s, always as a great rarity. It is most plausibly a dressed-up form of Della, the familiar short form of Adela and Adelaide, carried by families in an era that freely reshaped names in writing.
A girl named Dellar would today be of a great-grandparent generation, and the name reads as firmly of its time rather than a revival candidate. Della is the natural everyday short form and the likely parent behind it.
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What does the name Dellar mean?
It most likely elaborates Della, the short form of Adela or Adelaide, from a Germanic root meaning 'noble'.
How do you pronounce Dellar?
It's said DELL-ur /หdษl.ษr/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Dellar a boy or girl name?
Dellar is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Dellar?
It was always rare, an early-twentieth-century name given to only a couple dozen girls a year and effectively gone today.