Re: Phyllida
in reply to a message by redwtch1
Taking the letter y and the double l seriously as a reflex of original Greek would pin down the meaning to "green leaf".
I cannot confirm the minor goddesses, and any meaning containing "love" requires some alternations to the name (i instead of y to get Phil as first part) but I still do not see a second part matching any Greek word I know for country or countryside here.
I cannot confirm the minor goddesses, and any meaning containing "love" requires some alternations to the name (i instead of y to get Phil as first part) but I still do not see a second part matching any Greek word I know for country or countryside here.
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It's in the database
https://www.behindthename.com/name/phyllida
https://www.behindthename.com/name/phyllida
If ancient Greek is anything like Latin, might Phyllida not be an inflected form of Phyllis? Which matches the 'green leaf' meaning very neatly.
Yes, it is.