Ophelia

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/, /əʊˈfiː.lɪə/, /əˈfiː.lɪə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈfi.əl.jə/, /oʊˈfi.li.ə/
• Homophone: aphelia (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -iːliə

Ophelia

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     I lov’d Ophelia: forty thousand brothers // Could not, with all their quantity of love, // Make up my sum.

   • 2025 October, “The Fate of Ophelia”, in The Life of a Showgirl, performed by Taylor Swift:

     The eldest daughter of a nobleman / Ophelia lived in fantasy / But love was a cold bed full of scorpions / The venom stole her sanity

2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus.

• Although rarely used today, Ophelia as a given name was somewhat popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Ophelia complex
• Ophelian
• Ophelia syndrome

• Ophelia (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ophelia

1. (astronomy) Ophelia