Daphne

Where Daphne comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Daphne
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Daphne du Maurier born
    British writer
  3. 1964
    Daphne Caruana Galizia born
    Maltese journalist and blogger
  4. 2025
    Peak, #178
    1,740 babies named Daphne — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Daphne du Maurier · British writer, 1907–1989
  • Daphne Caruana Galizia · Maltese journalist and blogger, 1964–2017
  • Daphne Koller · Israeli-American computer scientist, born 1968
  • Daphne Zuniga · American actress, born 1962
  • Daphne Akhurst · Australian tennis player, 1903–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.