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Ophelia
Pronounced /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/
Rank in 2024
#261
Born in 2024
1,215
Peak year
2024 · #261
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,215 girls were named Ophelia, about 1 in every 1,328.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 24,575 girls have been named Ophelia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ophelia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 6,196 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Silent: 3,337 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,354 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 719 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 440 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 898 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,002 babies, 0.44 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”). The name was used by William Shakespeare for the daugher of Polonius and ill-fated love interest of Hamlet. The moon (of Uranus) is named after this character. Doublet of anopheles
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ophelia, CC BY-SA 4.0.