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Delmar

/DEL-mar/ MasculineSpanish

Meaning

Delmar is a masculine name of Spanish origin meaning “of the sea”.

Delmar fuses the Spanish del mar, of the sea, into a single given name that flourished quietly in early twentieth-century America. It carries midcentury charm alongside its coastal meaning, and the related Delmare and feminine Delmara extend the family.

Ranked in the US boys' top 1000 from the 1880s into the 1980s.

At a glance

Origin
Spanish
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/DEL-mar/
Themes
Ocean

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Questions

  • Delmar is a masculine name of Spanish origin meaning “of the sea”. Delmar fuses the Spanish del mar, of the sea, into a single given name that flourished quietly in early twentieth-century America.

  • Delmar is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Ranked in the US boys' top 1000 from the 1880s into the 1980s.

  • The name Delmar comes from Spanish. Delmar fuses the Spanish del mar, of the sea, into a single given name that flourished quietly in early twentieth-century America. It carries midcentury charm alongside its coastal meaning, and the related Delmare and feminine Delmara extend the family.

  • Delmar is pronounced DEL-mar.

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  5. Kai UnisexHawaiian“sea”
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