Daphne



Gender:
Origin: Greek
137 famous people named Daphne found on Wikipedia.
35856 female, 7 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 383-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 266-th in year 1962
Used in: Dutch, English, Mythology

Meanings

Daphne is a feminine given name from the naiad Daphne in Greek mythology.
Some notable persons with the given name include:
Daphné (singer) (born 1974), French singer
Daphne Arden (born 1941)
Daphne Bavelier
Daphne Berdahl (1964–2007)
Daphne Blunt (born 1997)
Daphne Barak-Erez (born 1965), Israeli law professor
Dafni Bokota (born 1960), Greek singer and TV presenter
Daphne Brooks (born 1968)
Daphne Brown (1948–2011)
Daphne Campbell (born 1957)
Daphne Ceeney (1934–2016)
Daphne Cheung
Daphne Courtney (born 1917)
Dafna Dekel (born 1966), Israeli singer, actress and television personality
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), English writer
Daphne Gail Fautin
Daphne Fielding (1904–1997), English socialite and writer
Daphne Fitzpatrick (born 1964)
Daphne Fowler (born 1939), English game show champion
Daphne Gere (born 1976)
Daphne Gottlieb (born 1968)
Daphne Guinness (born 1967), Irish artist and socialite
Daphne Lorraine Gum (1916–2017)
Daphne Haldin (1899–1973)
Daphne Hampson (born 1944), British theologian
Daphne Hardy Henrion (1917–2003)
Daphne Hasenjäger (born 1929)
Daphne Heard (1904–1983)
Daphne Iking (born 1978)
Daphne Jackson (1938–1991)
Daphne Jennings (born 1939)
Daphne Jongejans (born 1965)
Daphne Khoo (born 1987)
Daphni Leef (born 1986), Israeli social activist
Daphne Mayo (1895–1982)
Daphne Merkin (born 1954), American writer
Daphne Odjig (1919–2016)
Daphne Olivier (1889–1950)
Daphne Oseña-Paez (born 1983)
Daphne Park (1921–2010), British diplomat and spy
Daphne Patai (born 1943), American educator
Daphne Pearson (1911–2000)
Daphne Phelps (1911–2005)
Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014)
Daphne Pollard (1892–1978)
Daphne Robinson (1932–2008)
Daphne Spain
Daphne Todd (born 1947)
Daphne Touw (born 1970)
Daphne Trimble (born 1953)
Daphne Wayans (born 1971)
Daphne Willis (born 1987)
Daphne Woodward, French-English translator
Daphne Zuniga (born 1962), American actress

Daphne was a naiad (water nymph) in Greek mythology.
Daphne may also refer to:
Daphne (opera), a 1938 opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth and legend of the beautiful nymph Daphne
Daphne (plant), a genus of shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries


Fem. proper name, from Greek daphne "laurel, bay tree;" in mythology the name of a nymph, daughter of the river Peneus, metamorphosed into a laurel by Gaia to save her from being ravished as she was pursued by Apollo.


Means: laurel tree in Greek.

Famous People: 137 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Daphne Oz 1986 American writer and television personality
2 Daphne du Maurier 1907 British writer
3 Daphne Zuniga 1962 American actress
4 Daphne Maxwell Reid 1948 American actress
5 Daphne Blake Fictional character on Scooby-Doo
6 Daphne Fowler 1939 British game show contestant
7 Daphne Moon
8 Daphne Guinness 1967 British and Irish artist and personality
9 Daphne Rubin-Vega 1969 American musician and actor
10 Daphné Roulier 1968 French journalist
11 Daphne Ashbrook 1963 American actress
12 Daphne Bunskoek 1973 Dutch presenter / journalist
13 Daphne Koller 1968 American computer scientist
14 Daphne Rosen 1982 Israeli/American pornographic actress
15 Daphne Odjig 1919 Canadian artist
16 Princess Daphne
17 Daphne Iking 1978 Malaysian television personality
18 Daphne Deckers 1968 Dutch actress
19 Daphne Groeneveld 1994 Dutch model
20 Daphne Oram 1925 British composer and electronic musician
21 Daphne Clarke
22 Daphne Oxenford 1919 English actress
23 Daphne Heard 1904 British actress
24 Daphne Sheldrick 1934 Kenya-based British author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry
25 Daphne Merkin 1954 American literary critic
26 Daphne Lammers 1972 Dutch news presenter and television presenter
27 Daphne Wayans 1971 American television personality
28 Daphne Akhurst 1903 Australian tennis player
29 Daphné Chollet 1987 French actress
30 Daphne Anderson 1922 Stage, film and television actress, dancer, singer
31 Daphne Corboz 1993 American association football player
32 Daphne Patai 1943 American writer
33 Daphne Khoo 1987 Singaporean musician
34 Daphne Wagner 1946 German actress
35 Daphne Blunt 1997 American actress and singer
36 Daphne DiMera
37 Daphne Pollard 1892 Australian actress
38 Daphne Willis 1987 Musician
39 Daphne Oseña-Paez TV host, producer, and businesswoman
40 Daphne Bavelier Professor and cognitive neuroscientist
41 Daphne Campbell 1957 Florida State Representative
42 Daphne Fielding 1904 British poet, writer and noblewoman
43 Daphne Slater 1928 Actress
44 Daphne Wellens 1988 Belgian actress
45 Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth 1921 British spy
46 Daphne Cheung British Chinese actress
47 Daphne Gottlieb 1968 American performance poet
48 Daphne Paelinck 1988 Belgian actress
49 Daphné 1974 French singer
50 Daphne Hardy Henrion 1917 British artist
51 Daphne Todd 1947 British artist
52 Daphne Deloren
53 Daphne Barak Israeli journalist
54 Daphne Hampson 1944 British theologian
55 Daphne Marlatt 1942 Canadian poet
56 Daphne Millbrook Fictional character from the television series "Heroes"
57 Daphne Pearson 1911 Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer; George Cross & Empire Gallantry medals recipient
58 Daphne Jongejans 1965 Dutch diver
59 Daphne Ceeney 1934 Australian Paralympic competitor
60 Daphne Zohar American businessman
61 Daphne Gere 1976 American actress
62 Daphne Olivier 1889 Waldorf Teacher and Anthroposophist
63 Daphne Barak Erez 1965 Israeli legal scholar
64 Daphne Brooks 1968
65 Daphne Koster 1981 Footballer
66 Daphne Rye 1916 British actress
67 Daphne Simeon American psychiatrist
68 Daphne Bloomer 1973 American actress
69 Daphne Mayo 1895 Australian sculptor
70 Daphne Caruana Galizia 1964
71 Daphne Wright 1963 Artist
72 Daphne Trimble Northern Irish academic
73 Daphne Jackson 1936 First UK Physics professor
74 Daphne Kalotay American writer
75 Daphne Clair 1939 New Zealand writer and activist
76 Daphne Alexander
77 Daphné Desjeux 1982 French journalist
78 Daphne Lorraine Gum 1916 Pioneer in the care and education of children with cerebral palsy
79 Daphne Berdahl 1964 American anthropologist
80 Daphne Arden 1941 British athlete and sprinter
81 Daphne Courtney 1917 Actress
82 Daphne Ledward 1945 British gardener
83 Daphne Zepos 1959 Greek cheesemaker
84 Daphne Phelps 1911 British writer
85 Daphné Bürki 1980 French actress
86 Daphne Pochin Mould 1920 Irish photographer and journalist
87 Daphne Matziaraki Greek director, writer and producer
88 Daphne Walker 2000 Figure skater
89 Daphne Osborne 1930 Botanist
90 Daphné Collignon 1977 French comics artist
91 Daphne Elizabeth Brown 1948 American architect
92 Daphne Gail Fautin American zoologist
93 Daphne Seeney 1933 Australian tennis player
94 Daphne Flint 1974 Dutch singer
95 Daphne Rooke 1914 South African writer
96 Daphne Evangelatos 1952 Greek singer and opera singer
97 Daphne Winkworth Fictional character by P.G. Wodehouse
98 Daphne Purves 1908 New Zealand's Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
99 Daphne Skillern 1927 British Metropolitan Police chief officer
100 Daphne Touw 1970 Field hockey player
101 Daphne Jennings 1939 Canadian politician
102 Daphne de Bruin 1963 Dutch actor, playwright, theatre director, writer and cabaret artist
103 Daphné Baiwir 1992 Belgian actress and model
104 Daphne Spain
105 Daphne Fitzpatrick 1964 American artist
106 Daphne Zileri 1936
107 Daphne Woodward 1906 Translator of French literature
108 Daphné Dumery 1974 Belgian politician
109 Daphne Haldin 1899
110 Daphne Robinson 1932 Cricketer
111 Daphné Corregan 1954
112 Daphne van Kruistum 1993 Dutch football player
113 Daphne Wilkinson 1932
114 Daphne Panhuijsen 1977 Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor
115 Daphne Dolores Morehead Recurring fictional character from Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, a novel by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse
116 Daphné Rüfenacht 1978 Swiss politician
117 Daphne Casorati Maugham 1897 British painter
118 Daphne Athas Author
119 Daphne Wills 1982 Spanish writer
120 Daphne Hellman 1915 American musician
121 Daphne Valerius Filmmaker from the United States
122 Daphne Huisden 1988 Dutch writer
123 Daphne Keune 1971 Dutch pianist
124 Daphne Mabel Maugham
125 Daphne Young 1915 Badminton player
126 Daphne Bozaski 1992
127 Daphné Dayle 1942
128 Daphne Maurer Canadian neuroscientist
129 Daphne van den Broek 1992 Dutch sportsperson
130 Daphne Hasenjager 1929 Athletics competitor
131 Daphne Chia 1996
132 Daphné Vaudoyer
133 Daphne Pirie Australian athlete, hockey player, golfer and sports administrator
134 Daphne Lawless Esperantist
135 Daphne Chanders
136 Daphne Scoccia 1995
137 Daphne du Barry 1950 Dutch artist