Demelza

Demelza McCloud (née Fellowes) is an Australian former netball player. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. McCloud was selected in the Australian national team in 2004 and 2005. Domestically, she has played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, and also played in New Zealand for the Otago Rebels in the 2007 National Bank Cup.

Demelza is the first child of model Amy Willerton and her fiance Daniel Day.

The name Demelza was popularized by the popular "Poldark" series of historical novels by Winston Graham published from 1945 to 1953 in which Demelza Carne Poldark is a leading character. The novels were adapted by the BBC for television in 1975-77 and again in 2015-17.

Demelza Hospice is a hospice in Kent for terminally ill children, as well as a charity. It was set up by Derek and Jennifer Phillips in honour of their daughter, Demelza, who died of a brain tumour.

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

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!