Daphne: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced DAF-nee · 2 syllables

Daphne means “laurel”, from Greek.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (daphne, “laurel, bay”).

How popular is Daphne?

Daphne was the #178 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,740 babies. It’s rising: up 71% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Daphne in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Daphne are older than 52; most are between 20 and 74. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Daphne have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Daphne means “laurel”. It comes from Greek.

Daphne is pronounced DAF-nee.

Daphne was the #178 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,740 babies. It’s rising: up 71% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Daphne are older than 52. Most are between 20 and 74.