Given name

Afërditë

“near the day”

Afërditë is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Albanian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Afërditë goes back to a word meaning “near the day.”

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Where it comes from

Afërditë comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη.

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The story

First recorded late 19th century.

Afërditë’s family of names

Afërditë has a conventional equivalent in the German form Venus. Afërditë has a conventional equivalent in the German form Aphrodite.

Walk Afërditë’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Afërditë’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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