Tryphosa Forename

281,229th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Nauru

Tryphosa 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.

Tryphosa Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
6981:78,1276,921
Nigeria
100%
401:4,439,10968,387
United States-251:14,501,479130,491
Papua New Guinea
100%
171:479,54836,558
Kenya-111:4,209,73724,377
Uganda
100%
91:4,550,76942,499
India
100%
91:134,986,4411,652,066
Tanzania
100%
81:6,598,54036,161
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Ghana
100%
11:26,986,21613,521
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377

Tryphosa (68) may also be a surname.

Tryphosa 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

A female name, in Greek Τρυφωσα, signifying ‘living delicately.’ See Tryphena.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Greek (feminine) - Luxurious, a lover of pleasure.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Try-fo'-sah, thrice shining. A pious woman. Rom. xvi. 12.

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

Meaning: luxuriating.

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

A Greek name, meaning: Pleasure seeker.

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

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