Definition of "Dahlia"

Dahlia

proper noun
1. A female given name from English.
  Quotations
  The girls' names were April, Corinne, Gloria, Susannah, and Dahlia. I thought these names fanciful and lovely and would have liked the daughters' looks to match them, as if they were the beautiful children of an ogre in a fairy tale.
  2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, page 175
  He was afraid that Delia or Della might mention a cousin named Dahlia, and he would laugh. Sweet Jesus, do not let me laugh inappropriately.
  2020, Marilynne Robinson, Jack, Hachette UK