# Delmar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,567

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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## Etymology
Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).

## Easily confused with
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-delta)
- **Dewar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-dewar)
- **dollar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-dollar)
- **dermal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-dermal)
- **Denmark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delmar-vs-denmark)
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dear-vs-delmar)
- **delay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delay-vs-delmar)
- **Della** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/della-vs-delmar)
- **Delia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delia-vs-delmar)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddelmar`, `delamr`, `dellmar`, `delmarr`, `delmmar`, `delmra`, `demlar`, `dlemar`, `edlmar`

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