Entry № 10767 · Greek origin

Tryphena Tryphena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tri-FEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Delicate, dainty"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "delicate, dainty".

Tryphena (Τρύφαινα) is from the Greek tryphē, meaning "delicacy" or "luxury." In Romans 16:12, Paul greets "Tryphena and Tryphosa, those workers in the Lord" — early Christian women.

Tryphena is rare but distinctive in religious families.

Delicate. The NT worker in the Lord.

The name in its native script.

Τρύφαινα
Transliteration
Trýphaina
Pronunciation
/ trɪˈfiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tryphena stands.

Tryphena 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.

Tryphenas before her.

Real people
Tryphena
Rare modern name.
In fiction
Tryphena
NT worker in the Lord.
Romans 16:12

Names connected to Tryphena.

The number behind Tryphena.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tryphena reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.