Entry № 8119 · Greek origin

Phaidra Phaidra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FAY-drah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Bright (Greek Phaedra + Euripides + Racine Phèdre 1677)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "bright (greek phaedra + euripides + racine phèdre 1677)".

Phaidra is from the Greek Φαίδρα (Phaidra — bright, shining). Phaidra is one of the classical Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage.

Bright (Greek mythology).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Φαίδρα

Transliteration: Phaidra
Pronunciation: / ˈfeɪ.drə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Phaidra stands.

Phaidra 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.

Namesakes

Phaidras before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Phaedra (Euripides + Racine)

Greek daughter of Minos + Euripides Hippolytus + Racine Phèdre 1677.

Names connected to Phaidra.

Numerology

The number behind Phaidra.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Phaidra reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.