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View Name: Delphina
DELPHINA
Gender:
Feminine
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Feminine form of the Roman name
Delphinus
, which meant "of Delphi" in Latin. Delphi was a city in ancient Greece, the name of which is possibly related to Greek
δελφις
(delphis)
"dolphin". The Blessed Delphina was a 14th-century Provençal nun.
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