Meaning: Help; advantage
The story
A Greek-rooted name used by Jacopo Sannazaro and then Shakespeare in Hamlet. Its literary history is well known, while the underlying word refers to help or benefit.
Nicknames
- Lia
- Ophie
- Fifi
Spellings & variants
- Ofelia
- Ophélie
On screen
Ophelia in Hamlet
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Origins
Ophelia comes from Greek.
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