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It was revived in England after the Reformation, by 16th century English Puritans. Found in New England and New York in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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MY NAME IS TRYPHENA, AND I LOVE MY NAME MORE THEN ANYTHING. I WRITE MY NAME EVERY WERE SO NO ONE, HAS A REASONS NOT TO KNOW ME.

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Phena, Pheeny

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From Greek, meaning "delicate" or "dainty". A Christian named Tryphena is found in the New Testament, where she is greeted by St. Paul in Romans 16:12 as "a woman who labors in the Lord".

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Tryphena Sparks, cousin and possibly lover of author Thomas Hardy, who inspired his poem, "Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death".

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Tryphena is the name of a town in New Zealand.