Name Desmona

Meaning:

ill-fated

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About the name Desmona in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Is short form of:	Desdemona
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Desmond, Desdemona, Despina, Déspoina Details

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About Desdemona, the group of names with the same origin as Desmona

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