MEANING & HISTORY
What does Delmar mean?
Delmar has distinct documented histories. The Cebuano entry connects it with Spanish del mar, of the sea, while the English account also records a Catalan sea-phrase route in the United States.
Separately, English surname-derived Delmar can contract Delamare or de la Mare, associated with Norman places meaning the pond. The sea and pond accounts should stay separate: the same modern spelling does not prove that every family's name followed one route.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
EnglishEtymology & source
Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Delmar 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 Delmar
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
- Delma·Familiar form of Adelma or Fidelma
- Elmar·Adelmar or Egilmar formation in German usage
- Almar·Younger form of Almarr; also masculine Alma
- Delia♀Of Delos
- Edmar·Wealth-and-fame family; independent Otmar variant
- Esmar♀Blend involving Esmeralda and a Mar-name
- Leomar·A documented medieval Leomær spelling, with dear/man + famous accounts
- Dean♂Surname-name with valley and church-office routes
What rhymes with Delmar?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- Wiktionary contributors — Delmar (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Delmar (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.