🔥Dahlia

Flower name, from Swedish surname

"Dahl's flower"

Updated Wed Apr 23 2025

Dahlia Origin and Meaning

The name Dahlia is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "Dahl's flower".

One of the flower names, used occasionally in Britain (where it's pronounced DAY-lee-a). It seems to have recovered from what was perceived as a slightly affected la-di-dah air. The flower was named in honor of the pioneering Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl, which means dale.

In the Victorian language of flowers, Dahlia denotes elegance and dignity.

In P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, Dahlia is Bertie Wooster's more sympathetic aunt, described as being constructed along the lines of Mae West. Reporter Dahlia Lithwick covers legal matters for the online magazine Slate.

# 253 in the US

Dahlia Rank in US Top 1000

# 203 on Nameberry

Dahlia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Dahlia

253US2023
203Nameberry2025
65Future2035
426England2023

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Famous People Named Dahlia

Dahlia Salem
American actress
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Jamaican sprinter
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Israeli poet
Dahlia Lithwick
American journalist
Dahlia Janys King (b. 2011)
daughter of footballer Stephen King

The name Dahlia in Pop Culture

Dahlia Lynley
Chivers, character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
Dahlia Deering
character on TV's "Devious Maids"
Dahlia Gillespie
antagonist of the video game Silent Hill
Dahlia Malloy
character on TV's "The Riches"
Dahlia Hawthorne
antagonist in the Ace Attorney series
Dahlia Reinhold
character in "Professor Layton" video game
Aunt Dahlia Travers
character in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series
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powerful witch on TV's "The Originals"
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a nerdy great horned owl in the Angry Birds series
'The Black Dahlia'
2006 film
Dahlia Rose
alias for Juno Steel in the Penumbra Podcast