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This name was and sometimes is still pretty common in the English traveler and Romany community. I personally love the name, it means delicate but it sounds so strong.
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Tryphena Anderson (born 1933) was a Jamaican-British nurse, the first black health visitor in the United Kingdom.
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Triffie has been used as a nickname. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/England_Female_Nicknames_(National_Institute)
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* Thomas Hardy the English writer was in love with his cousin Tryphena.
* The first governor of N.S.W in Australia was married to Tryphena.
* There is a Trefina gorge near Alice Springs in Australia
* In New Zealand there is an island with a town called Tryphena.
* My family, from England, used to have a long history of the name Tryphena up until the last 3-4 generations, then I was christened Tryphena and I now go by this spelling - Trypheyna.
* Check out the book 'The Intimacy of Death & Dying' by Trypheyna McShane.
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* The first governor of N.S.W in Australia was married to Tryphena.
* There is a Trefina gorge near Alice Springs in Australia
* In New Zealand there is an island with a town called Tryphena.
* My family, from England, used to have a long history of the name Tryphena up until the last 3-4 generations, then I was christened Tryphena and I now go by this spelling - Trypheyna.
* Check out the book 'The Intimacy of Death & Dying' by Trypheyna McShane.
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One of my great grand aunts had the name Tryphena, and I think it is a really complimentary name; particularly in conjunction with some surnames. I think it's a shame it's underused nowadays.
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This is a very pretty name. I like the sound of it. It sounds very elegant.
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Used occasionally for black women in South Africa, though I've never heard of it given to white women here.
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Tryphena is the name of a secondary character from the novel "Lyddie" written by Katherine Paterson.
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An alternate way of spelling this name is Tryphaena, an ancient spelling.
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The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra's mother and sister were both named Cleopatra Tryphaena.
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