Ophelia

English Etymology Borrowed from en it Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the en grc ὠφέλειᾰ 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. en anopheles Pronunciation en /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/ /əʊˈfiː.lɪə/ /əˈfiː.lɪə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ophelia.wav Southern England en /oʊˈfi.əl.jə/ /oʊˈfi.li.ə/ US en aphelia one pronunciation en iːliə 4 Proper noun en female Ancient Greek. V i I lov’d Ophelia: forty thousand brothers // Could not, with all their quantity of love, // Make up my sum. en 2025-10 w:Taylor Swift w:The Fate of Ophelia w:The Life of a Showgirl The eldest daughter of a nobleman / Ophelia lived in fantasy / But love was a cold bed full of scorpions / The venom stole her sanity en astronomy A moon of Uranus. Usage notes Although rarely used today, Ophelia as a given name was somewhat popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Derived terms en Ophelia complex en Ophelian en Ophelia syndrome Translations female given name Armenian: hy Օֆելյա Azerbaijani: az Ofelya Esperanto: eo Ofelio French: fr Ophélie f German: de Ophelia f Greek: el Οφηλία f Marathi: mr ओफीलिया f Polish: pl Ofelia f Portuguese: pt Ofélia f Russian: ru Офе́лия f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Офе́лија f Latin: sh Ofélija f Spanish: es Ofelia f Turkish: tr Ofelya moon of Uranus Japanese: ja オフィーリア Ofīria Marathi: mr ओफीलिया m Polish: pl Ofelia f Russian: ru Офе́лия f Further reading Ophelia (moon) en en eponyms en Fictional characters William Shakespeare Moons of Uranus Turkish tr:+ (uydu) Proper noun tr astronomy en Ophelia tr Moons of Uranus