Ophelia

Actually, this name was not invented! Written as Ὠφελία (with an omega instead of an omicron), it was borne by Greek women as early as the 1st century AD:

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• http://www.trismegistos.org/name/24089 (in English; this is about the name - make sure to click on "Attestations by century")
• Ophelia at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%A9%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1 (in English; features 5 results)
• see the entry for Ophelia at Pavlos' Etymologica: http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073727/http://www.etymologica.com/page29.htm (in English; he lists the name again as Ὀφηλὶα in the 'Omicron' section, but that spelling yields no results at the LGPN)

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The name must have been derived directly from the Greek word ὠφελία (ophelia), which is a rare variant of the Greek noun ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning "help, aid" as well as "profit, benefit". [noted -ed]

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- ὠφελία (ophelia):
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w)feli%2Fa&la=greek&can=w)feli%2Fa (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%A0%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BD%A0%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1 (in English)
- ὠφέλεια (opheleia):
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w)fe%2Fleia&la=greek&can=w)fe%2Fleia (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%A0%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BD%A0%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1 (in English)

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That certainly seems more likely than the Greek noun ὄφελος (ophelos) meaning "help, advantage", which is currently listed as being the root of the name. After all, both 'ophelia' and 'opheleia' are written with an omega in Greek (just like the name), whilst 'ophelos' is not.

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With that said, Ophelia appears to have been rare in ancient times. Its masculine counterpart Ophelion (notably borne by a Greek comic poet from the 4th century BC) appears to have been much more common, at least in comparison. For more information about that name, please see its entry in the Submitted Names Database.

I love this name, my first child I named Everly Ophelia

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I live in a country that English is not the first language, so my daughter won't have Oh feel you jokes.

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I knew that Ophelia in Shakespeare's was a tragic character, but it's just like some parents who pick a random name from bible and gave the name to a newborn baby.

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Ophelia origin word is Ophelos.

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Ophelos: advantage, help
Original Word: ὄφελος, ους, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: ophelos
Phonetic Spelling: (of'-el-os)
Short Definition: advantage, gain, profit
Definition: advantage, gain, profit, help.

Ophelia could also mean "serpent."