Delaney
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English
Alternative forms
- (Irish surname): Dulaney
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)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Delaney
- A surname from Old French.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- A male given name.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
Quotations
- 1945, Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, Scene V:
- TOM. James D. O'Connor. The D. is for Delaney.
AMANDA. Irish on both sides! Gracious! And doesn't drink?