Delia

Delia
Gender	Female
Related names	Deliana
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Delia

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Delia may refer to:

Delia (festival), ancient Greek festival

Meaning & Origin

Delia is of Greek origin and it's meaning is "from Delos." The island of Delos was Artemis's birthplace. Delia is a very popular female first name and very popular surname (source; 1990 U.S. Census)

People

Delia is a female given name. People with this name include:

Delia Derbyshire, British composer
Delia Ephron, writer
Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
Delia Green, reported inspiration for the title character of several traditional American blues songs
Delia Parodi, Argentine politician
Delia Paramitha, Indonesian dangdut singer and actress
Delia Septianti, Indonesian singer, actress, and news presenter
Delia Smith, English cookery writer, responsible for the "Delia effect"
DeLía, German pop singer
Delia Florea, a Romanian dancer from TV satire show Cronica Cârcotaşilor (since 2003)
Delia Matache, Romanian pop singer

Variations & Other Use

Delia's is also used as a short form of Cordelia and Adelia. Delia has two other variants forms: Deelia and Delya.

Places

Delia, Alberta, Canada
Delia (Italy), commune in Italy
Delia, Kansas, United States
Delia (Man Kiu) English Primary School, Hong Kong primary school
395 Delia, asteroid
Delia (crater), minor crater on the moon

Fictional characters names Delia

Delia Brown, a character played by Vivien Cardone on the tv show Everwood
Delia Banks, a character played by Camryn Manheim on the tv show Ghost Whisperer
Delia York, a character played by Asia Vieira in the film Omen IV: The Awakening
Delia Deetz, a character played by Catherine O'Hara in the film Beetlejuice

Other uses

Delia (clothing), a historical item of apparel of Polish nobility
Delia (genus), genus of flies