Popularity: 5393
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: languishing, lovelorn; delicate
Delila is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin. A variant of Delilah, it means “languishing,” “lovelorn,” and “delicate.” In the Bible, Delilah was a seductive woman who tricked Samson into revealing his hidden strengths before cutting his hair while he slept. In more recent times, Delila appears in a number of recorded songs, including Delilah by Tom Jones and Hey There Delilah by The Plain White T’s.