Nymphe
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country
Nymphe is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: Les nymphes étaient, chez les Grecs anciens, la personnification des forces naturelles.
- BEBelgium
- NLNetherlands
- FRFrance
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Les nymphes étaient, chez les Grecs anciens, la personnification des forces naturelles. Il y avait, dès lors, des nymphes des eaux (océanides, néréides, naïades…) mais aussi des cours d’eau, des bois, des forêts, des fontaines, des montagnes… Comme il s’agissait toujours de divinités féminines et favorables, le mot est passé en français avec le sens de jeune fille belle, gracieuse et bien faite (d’où des expressions comme « taille de nymphe », « cuisse de nymphe »…). Le mot a beaucoup de dérivés, dont les plus connus sont les nymphéas chers à Claude Monet mais aussi nymphomane et nymphomanie. Le plus étonnant est nymphette, déjà attesté au XV e siècle. Voir Naïade . 25. Paris, Laffont, 1989, p. 274-275. 26. Paris, Éditions Tallandier.
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- 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Evidence
(measured from records)2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 17 | #16,282 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 13 | #24,870 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nymphe mean?
- Recorded meaning: Les nymphes étaient, chez les Grecs anciens, la personnification des forces naturelles.
- What are other forms of the name Nymphe?
- In the etymology graph, Nympha and Nimphe are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Nymphe a male or female name?
- Nymphe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Nymphe have the most bearers?
- Nymphe is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nymphe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.