Phaedra

FAY-drah
Greek
"bright"

Phaedra Origin and Meaning

The name Phaedra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright".

This name of a tragic figure in Greek mythology, the daughter of King Minos, sister of Ariadne and wife of Theseus, has a mysterious and intriguing appeal, and would make a dramatic choice.

Phaedra has been a persistent theme in literature, both ancient and modern. There have been plays by Euripedes, Racine, Unamuno, and O'Neill, novels, poetry, operas and film--as recently as the 2011 Immortals starring Freida Pinto.

One celebrity pulled a gender switch when she named her son Phaedra Bloom Forever.

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Famous People Named Phaedra

  • Phaedra Hurst
    New Zealand actress
  • Phaedra Parks
    American reality TV personality ("The Real Housewives of Atlanta")
  • Phaedra Nicolaidis
    Australian actress
  • Phaedra Patrick
    British writer
  • Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell
    19th Prime Minister of Canada
  • Phaedra Bloom Forever Geldof
    Cohen (b. 2013), son of media personality Peaches Geldof and singer Thomas Cohen

The name Phaedra in Pop Culture

  • Phaedra
    Mentioned in the Nancy Sinatra song "Some Velvet Morning"
  • Phèdre nó Delaunay
    famous courtesan and heroine of the Kushiel novels by Jacqueline Carey
  • Phaedra
    nickname given to a horse,like Colossus in the game "Shadow of the Colossus"

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