Ophelia
Name meaning helper
Ophelia is a female given name, best known from Shakespeare's *Hamlet*, where Ophelia is the tragic young woman driven to madness and drowning.
The name carries literary and melancholic associations: She has that pale, Ophelia-like beauty.
Parents choosing the name often appreciate its poetic sound despite—or because of—its dramatic origins.
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- GertrudeTraditional German feminine name
Polonius · Laertes · tragedy · innocence · grief · willow · garlands · rosemary
Sideways-spinning outer world
- CordeliaName meaning "heart" in Latin
- BiancaItalian for white
- CressidaLegendary inconstant woman
- DesdemonaVenetian bride wrongly murdered
Juliet · Portia · Rosalind · Cupid · Belinda · Puck · Miranda · Ariel
Hamlet
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
Gertrude · Polonius · Laertes · tragedy · innocence · grief · willow · garlands · rosemary · rue
Uranus
Sideways-spinning outer world
Desdemona · Juliet · Portia · Rosalind · Cupid · Belinda · Puck · Miranda · Ariel · Titania
Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian artists emulating earlier masters
- paintingPigment on canvas
- WaterhouseEnglish hereditary family name
- DelacroixFrench Romantic painter
floating · imagery · muse · portrait · Romanticism · symbolism · feminine · beauty · tragic · aesthetic
feminine
Pertaining to women
revival · serpent · helper · elegance · poetic · romantic · namesake
- Fictional CharactersAlice, Oliver Twist, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins
- Girls' NamesAbigail, Alice, Amanda, Amy, Anna
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Addams FamilyGomez, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Thing, Gomez Addams
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
OpheliaMedea
Mythical infanticidal sorceress
Lady Macbeth · Electra · Antigone · Clytemnestra · Hamlet
OpheliaLady Macbeth
Medea · Cleopatra · Scarlett O'Hara · Elizabeth Bennet · Scheherazade
OpheliaJoan of Arc
Medieval French military saint
phoenix · Prometheus · Brunhilde · Cleopatra