Meaning and history
Delano is an English given name transferred from a surname. The American surname is associated with the Delano family, whose name was adapted from the French place name de Lannoy, meaning “from Lannoy”; the place itself is linked with alder trees. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made it familiar as a middle name, although Delano was his maternal family surname. Notable given-name bearers include American diplomat Delano Lewis and Turks and Caicos sprinter Delano Williams.
Delano moved from #953 to #989 for boys between 1946 and 1973. Its highest annual birth count came in 1933, with 316 births.