61%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage History (Ecclesiastical), Irish Pronounced Pron. DIMF-nə(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Form of Damhnait. According to legend, Saint Dymphna was a young 7th-century woman from Ireland who was martyred by her father in the Belgian town of Geel. She is the patron saint of the mentally ill. People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange complex serious nerdy Categories animals, authors, baby animals, Catholic saints, cows, deer, educators, fauna, history, martyrs, Orthodox saints, patron saints, saints, victims