Dala
DAH-lah
Letters
4
Syllables
2
Origin
Germanic
Total Births
274
Peak Year
#13 in 1951
First Recorded
1920
Style
Soft & Gentle
Spelling
Easy to spell
What It Means
Possibly a short form of Dalila, meaning 'delicate'. It also could have Germanic roots related to 'noble kind'.
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