Given name · Hebrew
דפנה
דפנה (dafná) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: dafná.
Meaning & origin
דפנה’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, דפנה can be written in the Roman alphabet as dafná. In Hebrew usage, דפנה has a related form in דַּפְנָא.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named דפנה
- Dafna DekelIsraeli singer and actorborn 1966
- Dafna RechterIsraeli actressborn 1965
- Daphna HackerIsraeli scholar (born 1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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