🔥Dahlia

Flower name, from Swedish surname

"Dahl's flower"

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.

Dahlia Rank in US Top 1000

# 240 in the US

Dahlia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 172 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Dahlia

• 240 US 2024
• 172 Nameberry 2025
• 198 Canada 2024
• 65 Future 2035
• 425 England 2024

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Famous People Named Dahlia

• Dahlia Salem American actress
• Dahlia Duhaney Jamaican sprinter
• Dahlia Ravikovitch 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
• Dahlia powerful witch on TV's "The Originals"
• Dahlia 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