Dilara
A Turkish name meaning "adorning the heart". Fewer than 150 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Dilara Pronunciation
Dilara is pronounced dee-LAH-rah (/diˈlara/).
What Dilara means
Where Dilara comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dilara comes from Persian. There dil means heart, and ârâ means adorning. Read together, the name says adorning the heart, which Polish renders as pełna miłości. Turkish families took the name up centuries ago and kept it close.
The roots are Persian. Dilara belongs to Turkey now, common on school lists and official forms from Istanbul outward. Ottoman court poets wrote dilârâ for a beloved who pleased the heart, and the softer spelling settled in over time.
The name travels well. Dilara Kazimova, the Azerbaijani singer, carried it to the Eurovision stage in 2014. In a Polish class register today, Dilara might sit near Dominika and Emilia, its Persian sense of adorning the heart still intact.
How many people are named Dilara
1 in 159885 women in Poland is named Dilara. 141 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2757 among female names.
Dilara's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1524 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Dilara is most popular
Dilara is most popular in Łódź, 753% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+375%).
Dilara as a middle name
Dilara is a first name for 141 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1564th, between Chana (21) and Ebru (21).
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#1562 Bracha21
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#1563 Chana21
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#1564 Dilara21
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#1565 Ebru21
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#1566 Elidia21