MEANING & HISTORY
What does Delfina mean?
Delfina is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Delphina. The onomastic source traces Delphina to Latin Delphinus, of Delphi, the ancient Greek city.
Similar-looking words also name the dolphin, which has encouraged a competing popular explanation. The explicit personal-name account supports the geographical formation. The deeper history of Delphi is a separate question.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name.
Wiktionary: Delfina (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Delfina
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Delfina Herbosa de Natividad
Filipino flag maker
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Delfina Herbosa de Natividad
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Delfina in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Delfina
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Delfin♂Delfín/Delphinus family; dolphin and Delphi accounts
- Adelina♀Affectionate form in the Adela family; noble
- Delia♀Of Delos
- Deling♀Familiar form of Delia or Cordelia
- Melina·Elaborated Mel; a Greek honey connection is documented
- Alina♀Short form of Adelina, Albina, or other -alina names
- Avelina♀Spanish feminine of Avelino; also a Germanic diminutive
- Bettina♀Diminutive of Elizabeth-forms or Italian Benedetta
What rhymes with Delfina?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Delfina further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q643838 — Delfina (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Delfina Herbosa de Natividad (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q643838 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Delfina (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Delfina (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: delfina (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Behind the Name: delphina (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted exact source-name chain and qualifications.