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Delorean
How to Pronounce Delorean
Pronounced duh-LOR-ee-uhn /dəˈlɔːriən/Medium
Meaning: Delorean is an Irish surname pressed into service as a boys' first name. Most Americans hear it through the stainless-steel DMC DeLorean sports car and its maker John DeLorean, but the car is an association, not the name's meaning; as a surname it is simply a family name of Irish origin. Any translation should be given cautiously.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Delorean appears as a boys' first name in United States records from the early 1980s, the very years the DMC DeLorean car and its maker John DeLorean were in the news. It is an Irish surname adopted as a given name; the car lends fame and flavour but not a dictionary meaning.
It was always rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year around its mid-1980s high, tracking the car's brief cultural moment. A boy named Delorean then is around forty now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Delorean mean?
It is an Irish surname used as a first name; the famous DeLorean car is an association, not its literal meaning.
How do you pronounce Delorean?
It's said duh-LOR-ee-uhn /dəˈlɔːriən/, four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Delorean a boy or girl name?
Delorean is used as a boy's name.
Is Delorean a popular name?
No, it has always been rare, briefly used for a few boys during the car's fame in the nineteen-eighties.