Delaney

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈleɪni/

Proper noun

Delaney

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.

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?