Entry № 7644 · Greek origin

Nympha Nympha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIM-fah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Bride, nymph (Colossians 4:15)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (New Testament)

A name that means "bride, nymph (colossians 4:15)".

Nympha (Νύμφα) is the Greek word for "bride" or "nymph." In Colossians 4:15, Paul greets Nympha and "the church that is in her house" — making her a recognized leader of a Laodicean house church, one of the few named female leaders of the early apostolic communities.

Held in honored veneration in Eastern Orthodox tradition.

Bride. The Laodicean church leader Paul honored.

The name in its native script.

Νύμφα
Transliteration
Nýmpha
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɪm.fə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nympha stands.

Nympha 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.

Nymphas before her.

Real people
Nympha
Laodicean church leader.
1st c.
In fiction
Nympha
Colossians 4:15.
New Testament

Names connected to Nympha.

The number behind Nympha.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nympha reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.