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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Skilled

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : derogatory nickname from Turkish deli ‘fool’, ‘foolish’, or a shortened form of any of the surnames formed with Deli as a prefix, e.g. Deligiannis ‘crazy John’.
  • French : habitational name from Lys-les-Lannoy, Lisse in the Netherlands, or Lies in the Belgian province of Brabant.

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