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Comments and insights on the name Ophelia: | Edit

I love love love this name, despite it's literary origin. I think it's a beautiful name that will grow with your child.It is an awesome name its very elegant and taken seriously.

If I was a celebrity and had to give my kid a crazy name, this would be it. It's beautiful.

Personal experiences with the name Ophelia: | Edit

I named one of my orange kittens Ophelia. I call her Phelie sometimes. It gets kind of confusing, though, because I call her brother Garfield Fieldy.

I adored this name when I was rather young although my father quickly destroyed it for me with "You can't call a girl that, all her school life boys'll be telling her they "just wanna get a feel o' ya." ... thanks dad

Nicknames for Ophelia: | Edit

Lia, Phelia, Opie, Fifi, Phea, Elia, Eli, Philly, Offie

Meanings and history of the name Ophelia: | Edit

Helper

Famous real-life people named Ophelia: | Edit

Ophelia Benson, American author
Ophelia DeVore, American model
Ophelia Ford, American politician
Ophelia Magdalena Dahl, American social justice and health care advocate (daughter of Patricia Neal)

Ophelia in song, story & screen: | Edit

Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, and the love interest of Prince Hamlet.

Ofelia was the name of the lead character in the movie 'Pan's Labyrinth'.

Ophelia is an album released by Natalie Merchant in 1998. The first track shares the album's name. In the song, Ophelia is described as being at once a "novice carmelite," a "suffragette," a "circus queen," a "demigoddess" and a "mafia courtesan."

Ophelia is the titular character in a song by The Band.