Delaney
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɪˈleɪni//
A surname from Old French.
proper noun
- 1
A surname from Old French.
- 2
A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- 3
A male given name.
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An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
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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)).