# Delaney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɪˈleɪni/ · frequency rank #22,345

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
3. A male given name.
4. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (“from the alder grove”). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).

## Easily confused with
- **delay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaney-vs-delay)
- **Delano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaney-vs-delano)
- **delayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaney-vs-delayed)
- **Deane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deane-vs-delaney)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddelaney`, `dealney`, `delaeny`, `delaneyy`, `delanney`, `delanye`, `dellaney`, `delnaey`, `dleaney`, `edlaney`

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