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Girl · Ancient Greek
Tryphena
Say it: try-FEE-nuh
Meaning
Greek Tryphaina, from tryphē 'softness, delicacy'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found in 18th- and 19th-century English and American records.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 110 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 66,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Triphena
| Latin | Tryphaena |
|---|---|
| Italian | Trifena |
Famous bearers
- Tryphena, a Christian greeted by Paul in Romans 16
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Colonial records of the Americas
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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