50%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. DEHL-mə [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Possibly a short form of Adelma. PopularityDetails Last ranked #646 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #933 in 1958 (f) #980 in 1935 (m) United States Categories Arc the Lad characters, currently out of the US top 1000, diminutives, ends in -elma, isograms, short forms