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Name Desdemona

Meaning:ill-fatedTools:

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About the name Desdemona in particular

Gender:female
Languages of use:German, English
Short forms:Desmona
Topics:Asteroid 666 Desdemona, discovered 1908, diameter 26.91 km, period 15.45 years
Popularity:no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:Desmona     Details
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About Desdemona, the group of names with the same origin as Desdemona

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