Deltha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Deltha

What is the meaning of the name Deltha ?

The baby name Deltha is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DEL-tha (IPA: /ˈdɛlθə/).

Deltha is in Origin.

Deltha is a modern American elaboration of Delta, the name of the Greek letter Δ (Greek délta), ultimately from Phoenician dalet "door." As a given name it carries Delta’s layered senses: "the fourth," a triangular form, and by extension the land at a river’s mouth; in contemporary symbolism Delta also denotes change.

Records show Deltha in the United States from the early 20th century, used for both sexes though more often feminine; a notable male bearer is NFL cornerback Deltha O’Neal, underscoring its unisex character. Variant forms include Delta and the embellished Delthia; related choices include Altha/Althea and Delphia. Short forms Del, Della, Ellie, or Thea are possible. The spelling with -th likely arose by analogy with older English transliterations like Daleth for the Hebrew letter, and by the aesthetic pattern seen in names such as Bertha and Martha.

⚙ Deltha is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 26 recorded uses, across 14 countries.