Meanings
- A female given name originating as a coinage, of rare usage.
David B. Gaines, guardian of Opheliana J. Hill, made final settlement and he and his bondsmen were discharged.
1917 February 28, “In Probate”, in The Journal and Tribune, volume XXXI, number 13, Knoxville, Tenn., →OCLC, page 8, column 23 more examples
By the Rev. W. J. Young, Sept. 25th, David L. Huff, Esq., of Athol, to Miss Opheliana Evelina, daughter of Gideon Mastin, Esq., of Hallowell.
1876 October 25, “Married”, in The Daily News, volume XXII, number 8, Kingston, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 510th grade: Sharone Black, Dallas Ridgeway Jamison, Shawnna Lynn Pompeii, Steven Michael Rogers, Nicholas Glen Walter, Jamille Opheliana White.
1994 March 2, “Honor roll”, in The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., →OCLC, page 9A, column 1With each passing year, whispers were spreading around the castle that something was wrong with Opheliana, that the youngest Ravenwood female was cursed.
2018 November 6, Morgan L. Busse, chapter 2, in Mark of the Raven (The Ravenwood Saga; 1), Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN
Origin
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Opheliana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Opheliana
“Opheliana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Opheliana. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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