All names
Daphne
دافنيIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Laurel (Greek daphne); in myth a nymph turned into a laurel tree
- About the name
- Daphne came into popular use in English-speaking countries in the late 19th century, along with other flower, tree and plant names that were then in vogue.
- For
- A girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Other spellings
- Dafne
Islamic naming guidance
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
In Greek myth Daphne is a naiad, a minor nature spirit, turned into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo; today the name is simply the word for laurel. Low confidence: a scholar's call.
Confidence: medium
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