🔥Dahlia

Flower name, from Swedish surname

"Dahl's flower"

Updated Mon Apr 22 2024

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.

# 280 in the US

Dahlia Rank in US Top 1000

# 203 on Nameberry

Dahlia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Dahlia Popularity

280US2022
203Nameberry2024
231Future2028
509England2021

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Famous People Named Dahlia

Dahlia SalemAmerican actress
Dahlia DuhaneyJamaican sprinter
Dahlia RavikovitchIsraeli poet
Dahlia LithwickAmerican journalist
Dahlia Janys King (b. 2011)daughter of footballer Stephen King

Dahlia in Pop Culture

Dahlia LynleyChivers, character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
Dahlia Deeringcharacter on TV's "Devious Maids"
Dahlia Gillespieantagonist of the video game Silent Hill
Dahlia Malloycharacter on TV's "The Riches"
Dahlia Hawthorneantagonist in the Ace Attorney series
Dahlia Reinholdcharacter in "Professor Layton" video game
Aunt Dahlia Traverscharacter in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series
Dahliapowerful witch on TV's "The Originals"
Dahliaa nerdy great horned owl in the Angry Birds series
The 'Black Dahlia' murder (1947)
'The Black Dahlia'2006 film

Dahlia Qadri; surgical intern on Grey's Anatomy