Ophelia
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from Ancient Greek
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female
- France (INSEE, 2024): listed as female
- United Kingdom (ONS, 2024): listed as female
- Brazil (IBGE): listed as male
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 37 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/oʊˈfi.li.ə/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Ophelia is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GHGhana≈1 in 4.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 11K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 16Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 309 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)
9,489 people, 2020
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ophelia, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ophelia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 9,489 | 1 in 35K | 9.5K | Ophelia | 309 |
| GH Ghana | #138 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Ophelia | 40 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Ophelia | 46 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 48K | 645 | Ophelia | 128 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 60K | 1.5K | — | 3 |
| SE Sweden | — | 949 | 1 in 11K | 949 | Ophelia | 16 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Ophelia | 34 |
| DK Denmark | — | 309 | 1 in 19K | 309 | Ophelia | 21 |
| JM Jamaica | #361 | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Ophelia | 11 |
9,489 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Ophelia is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, character in Hamlet, Shakespeare
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Greek; in Shakespeare's Hamlet
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, weibl. Vom., der durch die Ophelia in
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Hattie Carawayb. 1878USnot in their usual nameUnited States Senator from Arkansas and first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing (1878–1950)
- Minnie Pearlb. 1912USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian and country singer (1912–1996)
- Ophelia Bensonb. 1948USAmerican writer
- Ophelia Fordb. 1950USAmerican politician
- Ophelia Dahlb. 1964USAmerican activist (born 1964)
- Gabriella Windsorb. 1981GBnot in their usual namenoblewoman; English freelance writer (born 1981); daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
- Ophélia Kolbb. 1982FRFrench actress
- Ophelia Pastranab. 1982COColombian-Mexican YouTuber
- Ophelia Lovibondb. 1986GBEnglish actress (born 1986)
- Ophelia RainUSAmerican pornographic actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)64 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.5K | #2,553 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 1.5K | #3,158 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 949 | #1,757 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 645 | #73 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 335 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 309 | #775 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 22 | #2,553 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 14 | #260 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 4 | #334 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2020 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ophelia mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Ophelia a male or female name?
- Ophelia is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; France (INSEE, 2024): listed as female; United Kingdom (ONS, 2024): listed as female; Brazil (IBGE): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.
- How do you pronounce Ophelia?
- It depends on the language: in English /oʊˈfi.li.ə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /opelja/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Ophelia have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 9.5 thousand people named Ophelia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ophelia.
- What are other forms of the name Ophelia?
- In the etymology graph, Ofelia, Ophélie and Ofeliya are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Ophelia?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,489 people named Ophelia in 2020, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Ophelia compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Ophelia is the 138th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ophelia?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/opheliaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ophelia” — the 138th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.