Entry № 810 · Greek origin

Apphia Apphia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AF-ee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Beloved (NT - Philemon 1:2)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "beloved (nt - philemon 1:2)".

Apphia (Ἀπφία) is the Greek name meaning "beloved" or "increasing." In Philemon 1:2, Paul addresses his letter to "Philemon...

Apphia is rare but distinctive in NT scholarship.

Beloved. Philemon's wife.

The name in its native script.

Ἀπφία
Transliteration
Apphía
Pronunciation
/ ˈæf.i.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Apphia stands.

Apphia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Apphias before her.

Real people
Apphia
NT figure (Philemon 1:2).
1st c. CE
In fiction
Apphia
Common in religious historical fiction.

Names connected to Apphia.

The number behind Apphia.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Apphia reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.