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Delaney
dih-LAY-nee
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A surname of French origin, also used as a first name for both men and women.
"Delaney was captain of her school's soccer team."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname and unisex first name of French and Irish background.
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Etymology
From a Norman surname referring to a place in France, literally "from the alder grove" in Old French; in Ireland it can also be an anglicization of Ó Dubhshláine.