Delia (first name)
Delia is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The origin of the name is Greek and means "the one born on the island of Delos ". In Greek mythology, it is the nickname of the goddess Artemis , who was born on the island of Delos. The male form is Delio .
Festivals of the same name
Delia (plural "the Delischen " to delion " Delisches ") is also the name of the festivals celebrated in Delos. The Little Delien were celebrated annually on the 6th Thargelion (end of May), especially by the Athenians . The Great Delien, the general assembly of the Ionian amphictyons , held every five years on the 6th and 7th Thargelion and, like the Small Delien, associated with games.
The festivals celebrated in honor of Apollo in the Boeotian Delion were also called Delia.
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variants
- Deliane
- Deliah
- Dela
- Deleila
- Delya
- Deliya
Well-known namesake
- Delia Akeley (1875–1970), American explorer and author
- Delia Arnold (* 1986), Malaysian squash player
- Delia Bacon (1811-1859), American teacher and author
- Delia Boccardo (born 1948), Italian actress
- Delia Chiaro (* 1953), British linguist and translation scholar
- Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001), British composer, musician and producer
- Delia Domingo-Albert (* 1942), Filipino diplomat
- Delia Ephron (* 1944), American screenwriter and writer
- Délia Fischer (musician) (* 1964), Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger
- Delia Fischer (journalist) (* around 1975), Austrian journalist and football official
- Delia González de Reufels (* 1968), modern historian
- Delia Gyger (* 1987), Swiss actress
- Delia Hinz (* 1943), German politician (PDS, Die Linke)
- Delia Andreea Ivas (* 1988), Romanian skeleton athlete
- Delia Jürgens (* 1986), German painter and installation artist
- Delia Magaña (1903-1996), Mexican actress
- Delia Marti (* 1986), German acting agent and actress
- Delia Matache (* 1982), Romanian singer
- Delia Mayer (* 1967), Swiss actress and singer
- Delia Owens (* 1949), American writer and zoologist
- Delia Reinhardt (singer) (1892–1974), German singer (soprano)
- Delia Reinhardt (water diver) (* 1947), German water diver
- Delia Scala (1929–2004), Italian dancer and actress
- Delia Smith (* 1941), British television cook and author