Ophelia
Meanings
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- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A moon of Uranus.
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Etymology
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 is named after this character. Doublet of anopheles
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