Tryphena Forename

297,476th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tryphena Forename Definition:

A female name. derivatives of Greek τρυφή ‘daintiness’, ‘delicacy’.Tryphena and Tryphosa are the names of women mentioned by St Paul in Rom xvi. 12, and were used a good deal as christian names in the late 16th and 17 th C.

Tryphena Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
90%
2291:1,583,13128,625
Nigeria
100%
1161:1,530,72733,396
Liberia
 
98%
1091:40,4782,284
England
 
99%
711:783,14014,229
South Africa
 
94%
391:1,398,27347,393
Jamaica-351:82,3783,815
Canada
100%
241:1,380,55723,993
Kenya-221:2,104,86920,493
India
100%
191:63,940,9461,014,029
Wales
100%
161:193,3943,524
Guyana
100%
121:63,6055,544
Indonesia-121:21,496,972534,363
Zimbabwe
100%
91:1,713,75749,613
Saint Kitts and Nevis-61:9,1441,176
Malaysia
100%
61:5,074,990119,899
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Uganda
100%
51:8,191,38458,906
Singapore
100%
51:1,257,41116,611
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787

Tryphena (11) may also be a surname.

Tryphena Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. derivatives of Greek τρυφή ‘daintiness’, ‘delicacy’.Tryphena and Tryphosa are the names of women mentioned by St Paul in Rom xvi. 12, and were used a good deal as christian names in the late 16th and 17 th C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Not a very uncommon female name. St. Peter’s Church, Worcester contains epitaphs of Mrs. Tryphosa Sanders, daughter of Mrs. Tryphena Hester (Conf. N. Q. 4th S. viii. 64). Mr. A. B. Grosart says of these two names, “Their source is in the Epistle to the Romans xvi. 12: ‘Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.’ They were not at all unusual among the Puritan families of the Commonwealth, nor is the sentiment that fetched names from Holy Scripture one needing defence;” and Kitto says, ‘Tryphena and Tryphosa were female disciples at Rome, who laboured to extend the Gospel and to succour the faithful. Their history is unknown, but from their names they were probably sisters.’ The Greek name Τρυφαινα, may be from τρυφανα, delicate.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Try-fee'-nah, delicate. A pious woman. Rom. xvi. 12.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: luxurious.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Greek name, meaning: Lover of pleasure: delicious.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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