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Meaning & Origins
Name borne in Greek mythology by a nymph who was changed into a laurel by her father, a river god, to enable her to escape the attentions of Apollo. The name means ‘laurel’ in Greek. According to the myth the nymph gave her name to the shrub, but in fact of course it was the other way about: her name was taken from the vocabulary word (which is probably of pre-Greek origin). The name came into use in England at the end of the 19th century, when it was adopted as part of the vogue for plant names at that time.
| 1,011th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Spanish (Macías) and Portuguese: from a variant of the personal name Matías (see Matthew).
| 791st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Daphney, Daphna, Daphine, Daphene, Daphane, Daphanie, Daphyne, Daphnie, Daphnee, Daphn
Maciel, Macintosh, Macintyre, Maciejewski, Macinnis, Macisaac, Macinnes, Maciver, Maciag, Macik
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