Meaning and background
The story behind Ofelia
Ofelia is the spelling used for the name Ophelia in Spanish and Italian. Behind that European naming history is a Greek word associated with help or benefit. Readers may also recognise Ophelia as a character in Shakespeare's *Hamlet*, though the literary spelling is different. Ofelia's pronunciation changes between Spanish, Italian and English settings, so a single unqualified phonetic guide would be misleading.
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About Ofelia
Recorded as a dog’s name
Ofelia appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/oʊfeɪliə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/oʊfeɪliə/ · primary stress on syllable 2OW0 F EY1 L IY0 AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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