Given name
Daphna
“laurel”
Daphna is a variant of Daphne. One interpretation is “laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Daphna is a variant of Daphne. One interpretation is “laurel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Daphna 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 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Daphna 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
Daphna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 648
- 0 boys · 648 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 20 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 489 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.
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Daphna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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