Given name & surname
Dafna
“laurel”
Dafna is a variant of Daphne. One interpretation is “laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dafna is a variant of Daphne. One interpretation is “laurel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dafna is a variant of Daphne. An origin associated with Daphne is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dafna is a variant of Daphne. The history of Daphne gives this family its wider story. In Greek mythology, Daphne is associated with a nymph.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dafna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 368 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dafna’s family of names
Dafna has a related form in Daphne. In Greek usage, Dafna as a surname is a transliteration of Δαφνά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dafna
- 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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