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What does Ophelia mean?
Ophelia 
[ophe-lia]▼ as a girls' name is pronounced oh-FEEL-yah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Ophelia is "help". Name of the unfortunate maiden who loved Hamlet in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". Mostly late 19th century use.
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, play (opera), 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Availia, Filia, Ofelia, Ofilia, Ophelie, Ophelya, Ophilia, Ovalia, Ovelia, Phelia, Ubelia, Uvelia
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Ophela, Ophevia, ..
(male) Ophelo, Opherin, .. MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ophelia Arayah (O.A.), ..
How popular is Ophelia?
Ophelia is a very popular first name for females (#858 out of 4276, Top 20%) but a rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ophelia reached its peak position of #260 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is presently at #975. (2015 BIRTH Statistics)
Which version is better?
with its variant forms and related girl names. Ofelia is the only other popular variation form of Ophelia (#975 IN 2015) rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Ophelia were popular with parents a century ago and have become significantly less popular since, with the form Ophelia becoming less fashionable.Similar Names
Recommended names are Abelia, Aemelia, Althelia, Angelia▼, Arcelia, Arthelia, Athalia, Audelia, Azelia, Bedelia, Belia, Cacelia, Camelia, Cecelia▼, Celia▼, Chelsia, Clelia, Dahlia▲, Deelia, Dorelia, Emelia▲, Ethenia, Euphemia, Evelia, Fecelia, Fidelia, Helia, Jamelia, Kamelia, Kikelia, Kodelia, Leelia, Lelia▼, Loelia, Mahelia, Mehalia, Melia, Mihalia, Neelia, Odeelia (see Odelia), Odela, Odelia, Odelina, Odella, Odellia, Olevia, Olia, Onjella, Opalina, Ophra, Oralia, Orbella, Orelda, Orelia, Orielda, Orphea, Orphia, Orselina (see Orsa), Ottilia, Otylia, Pamelia, Pelia, Phemia, Philia, Romelia, Sarelia, Secelia, Seelia, Shalia, Shelia▼, Sheria, Tahlia, Thalia, Theia and Udelia (see Odele). These names tend to be less frequently used than Ophelia.See names in meaning and etymology.[Top]