Ophelia
[əˈfiːliə]Meaning
derived from greek ὠφέλεια (opheleia), meaning "help, advantage"
Background Story
Ophelia comes from the ancient Greek word ὠφέλεια, meaning "help, advantage", and was a rare name in antiquity. The poet Jacopo Sannazaro either rediscovered or recreated it for a character in his poem Arcadia (1480), and Shakespeare borrowed it for the daughter of Polonius in Hamlet (1600). It has been in use since the 19th century and is found in Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
Temperament
Variations
Ophelie, Ofelia
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