Name Delta

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Delta:

1. Derived from the ancient Greek word (δέλτα) means - "river (Nile) delta". A river delta (originally, the Nile River delta) is so named because its shape approximates the upper-case letter delta (the shape is a triangle).

2. Delta (uppercase Δ) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet. Letters that comes from delta include Latin D and Cyrillic Д.