Dilip - Meaning of Dilip

What does Dilip mean?

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Dilip

[ 2 syll. di-lip, dil-ip ] The baby boy name Dilip is pronounced as DIHL-ihP †. Dilip's language of origin is Sanskrit and it is predominantly used in Indian. Dilip is of the meaning 'defender of the city of Delhi'.

Variants of Dilip include Deleep, Dileap, and Dilyp.

See also the related categories, defender (protector) and sanskrit.

Dilip is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Dilip include Dilyp, Deleep, Delfo, Detlef, Detlev, Dietleib, Dileap, Dolbee, Dolbey, Dolby, Dolfi, Dalbhya, Detlof, Dolf, Dolfe, and Dolph.

† English pronunciation for Dilip: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"