logo left
logo right
  Login

Name Group Desdemona

Info Name groups

Group info:
Meaning/translation:ill-fated
Language of origin:Old Greek
Info about origin:invented by Shakespeare for his play Othello where this is the name of the wife of Othello
 derived from the Greek word dysdaimon (bad destiny, ill-fated)
Words:dysdaimon = ill-fated  Old Greek
 dys = bad  Old Greek
 daimon = the destiny, the deity, the daemon  Old Greek
Topics:Invented
Name variants:

All variants, grouped by language of use

LanguageFemale VariantsMale Variants
GermanDesdemona 
EnglishDesdemona, Desmona 
Name variants:

2 female name variants, sorted by name and gender

NameLanguages of Use
DesdemonaGerman, English
DesmonaEnglish