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Baby Name Ophelia |
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| Meaning of Ophelia - What does the name Ophelia means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| o-fee-lee-ah |  |
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Girl Name |
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English |
| Name Meaning: |
Believed to have been coined by Sannazzaro in 1504 for the name of a character in his pastoral Area' dia. He is thought to have taken it from the Greek Ophelia (help, succor). The use of Ophelia in the English language seems to be a result of its being used for the name of Polonius' daughter, who was in love with Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet |
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English, Greek |
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