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Ophelia.

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ɒˈfiː.lɪə/Received-Pronunciation/əʊˈfiː.lɪə/Received-Pronunciation/əˈfiː.lɪə/Received-Pronunciation/oʊˈfi.əl.jə/US
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  2. A moon of Uranus.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”). The name was used by William Shakespeare for the daugher of Polonius and ill-fated love interest of Hamlet. The moon (of Uranus) is named after this character. Doublet of anopheles

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