Comments for the name Demelza

I like this name. It's my name! I'm a Spanish girl and I don't know the meaning of my name. I'm 24 and I only knew that my name was in a TV series. I know something else now.

The series your name was used in was "Poldark". It was on the BBC. I also named my daughter (who is also 24) after this character, but I went with the name Angharad, from Angaharad Reese,the actress who played the part.

Poldark is also a series of books by Winston Graham, from which the BBC tv series was adapted. I'd be very interested to know where Graham got the name Demelza from, because I'm an historian and I can't find one single historical use of it. It's very pretty, though.

There is a Quiditch player in the Harry Potter series, in book 6, called Demelza.

Aha! I knew it sounded familiar. I like this name, it's pretty and mysterious!

I quite like the name Demelza. I know a seven year old with this name, but her parents are hippies and I'd always assumed they made the name up until I read Harry Potter.

What a weird and ugly name! The nickname would surely be Mel, and I hate Mel on females. Come to think of it, I hate it on males as well. It's annoying and makes me think of Mel Gibson. Ugh. She'd better go by Demi, which I'm not so crazy about either, but it is more bearable, alright.

Demelza Reveley was one of the final two for the fourth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.

Personally, though I think this is an absolutely gorgeous name, the name becomes tainted when I think of that evil demon-gremlin that won Australia's Next Top Model.

I think Demelza is quite a mysterious-sounding and ancient Celtic name, first of all I didn't like the sound of it, but now it's starting to grow on me. It sort of reminds me of the name Imelda. :)

In the "Poldark" books Demelza's told her name means "thy sweetness" (from someone who's attempting to seduce her >_>). I believe it's supposed to be Cornish.

Given the Greek origin of "mel" in reference to "honey", I think it's a reasonable assumption. I certainly don't know where this "fort" placename thing came from.

It sounds Spanish.