Daphne

Gender Feminine
Scripts Pron. /dá.phnɛː/ (Classical Greek) /ˈdæf.ni/ (English) /ˈdɑf.nə/ (Dutch) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "laurel" in Greek [1] . In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of Apollo. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.

Related Names

Rootdaphne
Other Languages & CulturesDafina (Albanian) Dafina (Bulgarian) Daphné (French) Daphnée (French (Quebec)) Dafni (Greek) Dafna (Hebrew) Dafne (Italian) Dafina (Macedonian) Dafne (Portuguese) Dafne (Spanish) Defne (Turkish)
Same SpellingDaphné

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classic formal upper class natural wholesome delicate refined strange serious
  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry da/fnh, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dda%2Ffnh.

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