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Ophelia

[oh-feel-yuh]

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noun

a female given name.

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Examples from the Web for ophelia

Contemporary Examples of ophelia

Ophelia Horton has been on our radar since 2012, when her blog made headlines around the world.
Which Preteen Fashion Blogger Will Be Tavi 2.0?
Justin Jones
June 16, 2014
Kate Winslet delivered a haunting performance as Ophelia in the 1996 Hamlet.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic
Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones
April 24, 2014
Ophelia hoists up two bags of toys at the foot of the bed, explaining each is used for a different entrance.
Meet LittleRedBunny, the Queen of Cam Girls
Richard Abowitz
March 2, 2014
But what tips would established fashion writers give Ophelia?
Meet Ophelia Horton, London’s 12-Year-Old Fashion Blogger: The New Tavi?
Tom Sykes
August 2, 2012
For her part, Ophelia handed over the task of biographer to Sturrock, and is a prominent social justice and health-care advocate.
Patricia Neal's Family of Titans
Olivia Cole
August 11, 2010

Historical Examples of ophelia

Poor Ophelia could scarce have been sadder than we feel, Douw, at your going.
In the Valley
Harold Frederic
What Ophelia said was: 'There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.
Storyology
Benjamin Taylor
The funeral of a rich person was to them what the funeral of Alcestis or Ophelia is to the educated.
Howards End
E. M. Forster
His conduct to Ophelia is quite natural in his circumstances.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
Various
The arch of her beautiful eyebrows was like that of Ophelia in her bitterest moment.
Wayside Courtships
Hamlin Garland

Word Origin and History for ophelia

Ophelia

fem. proper name, from Greek opheleia "help, aid," from ophelein "to help, aid, assist," ophelos "advantage, help," from PIE root *obhel- "to avail" (cf. Armenian avelum).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper