# Dalia

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,860

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Several etymologies:
* Borrowed from Italian Dalia
* Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya), a surname mainly found in Egypt
* Borrowed from Bengali ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)

## Easily confused with
- **data** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-data)
- **Dana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dana)
- **Daly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-daly)
- **Dani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dani)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-deli)
- **Dara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dara)
- **David** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-david)
- **Davis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-davis)
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-delta)
- **Della** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-della)
- **Delia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-delia)
- **Dario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dario)
- **Dalit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dalit)
- **Daria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-daria)
- **dally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dally)
- **DARPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-darpa)
- **Darla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-darla)
- **Dallas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dallas)
- **Damian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-damian)
- **Dalian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dalian)

## Common misspellings (6)
`adlia`, `daila`, `dalai`, `dallia`, `ddalia`, `dlaia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dalia