Ophélia

Meaning and origin of Ophélia

Popularity of Ophélia in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Ophélia has been stable (+2% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ophélia every 45 schools, all spellings combined.

Ophélia in English-speaking countries

Ophélia ranks 75^th in England and Wales, 137^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 210^th in Scotland, against 941^st in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  75^th girls’ name1,843 babies in 3 years1 girl in 417+17.6% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  137^th girls’ name67 babies in 3 years1 girl in 593+4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  210^th girls’ name57 babies in 3 years1 girl in 954

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  281^st girls’ name40 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,050

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  236^th girls’ name146 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,058+2.9% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  265^th girls’ name3,583 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,349+8.7% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  304^th girls’ name14 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,608

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  687^th girls’ name13 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,989

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Ophélia and Ophelia are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Ophelia35
• Ophélya15
• Ofélia15
• Ofelia15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Ophélia

• Isadora
• Cléophée
• Eléana
• Katalyna
• Arianna
• Théodora
• Katalina
• Alexia
• Iléana
• Massilia
• Catalyna
• Alexandra

See also

• →French names of Greek origin