Date
Name Philinna
Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek, Theatre
Scripts Φίλιννα(Ancient Greek)
Theme love
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Meaning & History
Means "darling" in Greek, a term of affection derived from Greek φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover". A famous bearer was Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly (4th century BC), the third wife of Philip II of Macedon and mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus. In theatre, the name occurs in Aristophanes' play The Clouds (423 BC).