72%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Literature Pronounced Pron. dehz-də-MO-nə(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Greek δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning "ill-fated". This was the name of the murdered wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello (1603). People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange complex serious nerdy Categories elaborated forms, fate, fortune, luck, moons, moons of Uranus, negative, Shakespearean characters, victims, women and death
