Comments for OPHELIA:

Ophelia is the second of Uranus' known satellites (moons).

-- Anonymous User  1/21/2005

I really like this name, I think it is very beautiful, feminine, delicate and unique but not weird.

-- Laleroc  7/5/2005

I once knew a horse named Ophelia who had a bunch of warts on her nose. I still love this name, despite the weird image that forms in my mind everytime it's mentioned.

-- Arrows  11/22/2005

There is also a film called Dying Like Ophelia.

-- wiswina  12/16/2005

Delicate, graceful and very literary.

-- tmarie  3/12/2006

It's a pretty name in the vein of Phoebe and Daphne but I couldn't bear to give it to a kid with the impression it gives of mental illness and suicide. Darn you, Shakespeare!

-- crystallatsyrc  5/11/2006

I think it's very pretty. However there is teasing potential since it's pronounced oh feel ya.

-- Mommy2B  6/15/2006

Mme. Ophelia Oglepuss was one of Burr Tillstrom's puppets on the Kukla, Fran and Ollie show. She was supposed to be a retired opera singer.

-- Kosta  7/27/2006

I personally pronounce it "o-FAY-lya".

-- gaelruadh19  8/14/2006

Beautiful, and very rare, I like it pronounced both oFEELia and oFAYLia.

-- nelirosala  8/30/2006

I really just don't like this name, I do have to agree that some teasing could happen with this name. Actually I know of a very nice cat with this name.

-- Anonymous User  12/3/2006

I agree, I would not give this name to a child because of the character in Shakespeare's play. It is still very nice, though, and pretty sounding.

-- bobcat_explorer  12/23/2006

I like this name and when hearing it no images of mental illness or breakdown come to my mind. Only those who are Shakespeare readers may tease over this name.

-- Anonymous User  1/23/2007

The French version is Ophélie, pronounced o-fay-LEE.

-- Anonymous User  1/29/2007

I like the name Ophelia, I first heard from my English teacher. She loves the name, but couldn't use it when she had a daughter. Her last name is Hamlet--no joke.

-- Anonymous User  4/11/2007

Ophelia is a character from a book by Louise Lawrence called Children of the Dust.

-- Anonymous User  4/29/2007

I think a character that goes loses her mind and kills herself is a wonderful name for a little girl. It's a beautiful name. Who cares if some people don't like the character from Hamlet?

-- Eee  6/15/2007

Pedophelia?
Necrophelia?
Hemophelia?

-- Anonymous User  7/8/2007

All I hear is "I feel ya".

-- Anonymous User  9/13/2007

I hate this name: it's so pretentiously theatrical, and who on earth would name a child after a character that went mad and killed herself?

-- Anonymous User  10/22/2007

A character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin bears this name: Miss Ophelia St. Clair. She comes to take care of her cousin Augustine St. Clair's family.

-- Wunderkind_Princess  11/17/2007

Ophie is a cute nickname for Ophelia, but I'm not really a fan of the name.

-- Anonymous User  12/22/2007

I named my cello Ophelia. What an elegant name for an elegant instrument. Isn't that just captivating? Thought so.

-- edenrowe  12/30/2007

I have always pronounced this as "Oh-FEEL-ee-uh."

-- shagbo  1/1/2008

Gorgeous name. Maybe a little too fancy to actually name someone. I have an obsession with Shakespeare's Ophelia, which is actually what would prevent me from using this name.

-- black_lace  3/3/2008

I have always pronunciated Ophelia as "o-FELL-lee-ya".

-- Anonymous User  5/1/2008

It's quite a pretty name, but it will surely lead to ''oh feel ya'' jokes. Even if you pronounce it as ''o-FAY-lia'', it sounds too much like some people's pronunciation of ''oh failure'' or ''oh fail, ya''. This is why I'd rather name my daughter Ophelie, pronounced ''o-fu-LEE''.

-- slight night shiver  5/2/2008

My name is Ofelia. I've always hated being called Ofelia, so everyone calls me by my middle name, Mariela. I was teased in middle school by a kid. He would shout out to me "Ofelia Nuts!". Don't name your kids Ophelia or Ofelia. I guarantee they will get teased. It's been like a curse to me.

-- melarulz  5/9/2008

From names such as Hermia, Gertrude, and Romeo, this is the prettiest name Shakespeare has bestowed on a character. I don't immediately think of the Ophelia from Shakespeare, and even if I do, suicide and mental illnesses are quite common in tragedies. I think it makes it a stronger name, have history in literature, although I wouldn't use it on the basis of the Shakespeare character.
I don't think I-feel-ya because I don't think that way.

-- jolidanstitre  5/16/2008

Ophelia is really a lovely name, but it's a shame this site doesn't have the lighter, less Shakespeare-associated French version, Ophélie, pronounced oh-fay-LEE.

-- ponine  8/23/2008

This name is used in Pan's Labyrinth, but it might be spelt differently.

-- jedi_skye  11/10/2008

The character in Pan's Labyrinth has the Portuguese form of Ophelia, spelled OFÉLIA.

-- LMS  1/25/2009

Beautiful. The best names are always created by poets. They should write all language.

-- Undine  12/13/2008

Ophelia is not in fact Hamlet's lover in Shakespeare's original text.

-- kosmosdrakein  2/8/2009

I think this name is absolutely beautiful but because of the Shakespeare connotations would be a little reluctant to use it.

-- Little Owl  2/14/2009

This name is very beautiful, though I prefer the spelling Ofelia. The Shakespeare association, however, might be too much for some people.

-- bananarama  3/18/2009

I think that Ophelia is a very beautiful, graceful name. It has a tragic namesake, but that tragedy seems to add to the breathless romance of it. I like to pronounce it "oh-FEE-lee-ah."

-- ningyorose  3/29/2009

I think this is a lovely name. If I named my child Ophelia, I'm sure she wouldn't be teased because nobody I know knows anything about Shakespeare, unfortunately.

-- Genevieve_M  4/6/2009

One of the worst names, in my opinion. It just sounds ugly and a little weak.

-- Anonymous User  4/8/2009

This is a beautiful name, but it reminds me of paraphilia.

-- Hushpuppy  4/11/2009

It's supposed to be said like Oh-fee-lee-uh. My friend that lives in France says it Oh-fay-lee-uh.

-- Antique_Cherub  11/4/2009

A famous and historical artifact of this name is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais of Ophelia from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. He was a member of the Pre-Raphaelites. Millais completed the painting in 1852, and it currently hangs in the Tate Britain art gallery in London. The painting features Ophelia singing while floating in a river just before she drowns, as described in Act IV, Scene VII of the play in a speech by Queen Gertrude. Although I personally would never have normally used the name, I now think of it differently because whenever I hear the name, it reminds me of that sad, but very beautiful painting. :)

-- walesgal92  11/8/2009

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