Find out how popular the first name Delorean has been for the last 42 years (from 1982 to 2023) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Delorean by gender

Based on the last 42 years of data, Delorean is more commonly used as a male name, with approximately 87% of people named Delorean being male.

For the most recent data in 2023, there were 5 male babies and 0 female babies born with the name Delorean.

The history of the first name Delorean

The name Delorean has its roots in the Gaulish and Celtic cultures of ancient Europe. It is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "delou" meaning "to spin" or "to turn", and was likely originally used as a surname or descriptive epithet for someone who worked as a potter or weaver.

In the early medieval period, the name began to appear in various Latinized forms in church records and chronicles across Gaul and the British Isles. Spellings like "Delorius", "Delorian", and "Delorianus" can be found in documents from the 6th to 9th centuries AD.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with this name was Delorius of Vienne, a Gallo-Roman landowner and Catholic bishop who lived in the late 5th century in what is now southeastern France. Another early bearer was the 7th century Irish monk Delorian of Clonmacnoise, one of the most renowned scholars and calligraphers of his era.

During the High Middle Ages, the name spread across Europe as the Normans and other Germanic peoples adopted and adapted it. A Delorian de Beaumont fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Nearly two centuries later, Sir Delorian du Bois accompanied Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land.

In the Renaissance period, the Italian artist and architect Deloriano Bramante (c.1444-1514) designed St. Peter's Basilica and other iconic buildings in Rome under the patronage of several popes. Around the same time, the Spanish navigator Delorean de Magallanes (c.1480-1521) led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

Perhaps the most famous bearer in modern times was the American engineer and automobile tycoon John Delorean (1925-2005), inventor of the iconic Delorean sports car featured in the Back to the Future movie trilogy.

Data source

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