Re: Phyllida
in reply to a message by redwtch1
Taking the letter y and the double l seriously as a reflex of original Greek would pin down the meaning to "green leaf".
I cannot confirm the minor goddesses, and any meaning containing "love" requires some alternations to the name (i instead of y to get Phil as first part) but I still do not see a second part matching any Greek word I know for country or countryside here.
I cannot confirm the minor goddesses, and any meaning containing "love" requires some alternations to the name (i instead of y to get Phil as first part) but I still do not see a second part matching any Greek word I know for country or countryside here.
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If ancient Greek is anything like Latin, might Phyllida not be an inflected form of Phyllis? Which matches the 'green leaf' meaning very neatly.
Yes, it is.
It's in the database
https://www.behindthename.com/name/phyllida
https://www.behindthename.com/name/phyllida