Ophelia

Ophelia meaning and name origin

Ophelia \o-phe-lia\ as a girl's 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.

Ophelia has 12 variant forms: Availia, Filia, Ofelia, Ofilia, Ophelie, Ophelya, Ophilia, Ovalia, Ovelia, Phelia, Ubelia and Uvelia.

Baby names that sound like Ophelia are Aviela and Aviella.

View a list of the 2 names that reference Ophelia.

Popularity of Ophelia

Ophelia is a very popular first name for women (#858 out of 4276) but an uncommon surname or last name for all people (1990 U.S. Census).

Displayed below are the baby name popularity trends of the name Ophelia compared with its variant forms and related girl baby names. (2012 statistics). View the popularity trend for Ophelia only.

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