Given name

Daphnys

Daphnys is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Daphnys is a variant of Daphnis. An origin associated with Daphnis is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Daphnys is a variant of Daphnis. The history of Daphnis gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Daphnis is associated with the son of Hermes.

Explained through its name family

Daphnys’s family of names

Daphnys has a related form in Daphnis.

Walk Daphnys’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Daphnys, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Mythological

Dorrys

“dorian woman”

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Dafnie

“laurel”

No U.S. birth series

3% boys · 97% girls

Mythological

Dafneigh

“laurel”

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Asdys

“a divine spirit; a goddess”

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Asdyss

“a divine spirit; a goddess”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse · Mythological

Álfdís

“elf” · “goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Doralis

“dorian woman”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Mythological

Dardanos

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

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