Diminutive of Daphne: Bay tree, or laurel tree The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted attentions of the god Apollo by being turned into a laurel bush Famous bearer: British author Daphne du Maurier
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Diminutive of Daphne: Bay tree, or laurel tree The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted attentions of the god Apollo by being turned into a laurel bush Famous bearer: British author Daphne du Maurier
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Derived from the Greek word for calf Damaris was an Athenian woman who St Paul converted to Christianity Gentle; Gentle Famous bearer: Biblical Damaris was the educated woman who heard Paul speak at the open-air supreme court of Athens; heifer
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Diminutive of Daphne: Bay tree, or laurel tree The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted attentions of the god Apollo by being turned into a laurel bush Famous bearer: British author Daphne du Maurier
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The laurel tree The mythological virtuous Daphne was transformed into a laurel tree to protect her from Apollo
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Dolphin Variant of the thirteenth-century French saint Delphine; From Delphi
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Dark; Diminutive of Adela: Pleasant; Diminutive of Bedelia: A variant of Bridget, who was the mythic Celtic goddess of fire and poetry; Of the nobility Noble From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble, introduced into Britain during the Norman Conquest Adela was the name of one of King William I's daughters; visible from delos
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Bright Noble; Delphine; Noble This diminutive of Adela has been used commonly as an independent name since the late 19th century; of nobility
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Dolphin Variant of the thirteenth-century French saint Delphine; From Delphi
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calmness; Dolphin Derived from the Greek name Famous bearer: a thirteenth-century French saint
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