Delphine is the French form of the Latin Delphina — from the Greek *delphys* ("womb") or the dolphin (the sacred animal of Apollo) and the oracle at Delphi. **A top-1000 US baby name in the early 20th century, now a rising vintage-French choice**. **Saint Delphine of Glandèves (1283-1360)** — French noblewoman and Franciscan tertiary; the only canonized woman in a celibate marriage (with Saint Elzéar of Sabran); patroness of Provence. **Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990)** — **French actress and feminist filmmaker; muse of the French New Wave; starred in Alain Resnais's *Last Year at Marienbad* (1961), one of the most-influential art films of the 20th century, and in Chantal Akerman's *Jeanne Dielman* (1975) — which in 2022 was voted the greatest film of all time in the *Sight and Sound* critics' poll, the first film by a woman director to top the list**. **Delphine LaLaurie (1787-1849)** — infamous New Orleans socialite; portrayed by Kathy Bates in *American Horror Story: Coven* (2013). **Delphine de Vigan (born 1966)** — French novelist; *Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit* (2011). **Madame de Staël's novel *Delphine* (1802)** — a landmark of early French Romantic and feminist literature. **Delphine Arnault (born 1975)** — French business executive; CEO of Christian Dior Couture.
Featured throughout French cinema and literature.
Delphine reduces to seven — the number of Delphi's oracle.