Forename Despina

Around the globe, Despina (Despina , Деспина , Δέσποινα ) is quite a common feminine first name. The forename Despina is characteristic of Cyprus, where it is quite a common female name, Greece, and North Macedonia, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Greece, and Bulgaria. Much less frequently, Despina is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Despina

name Depi, name Δέσποινα, name Pepi, name Zépo, name דספינה, name Zepo, name Despina, name Pépi, name Déspina, name Деспіна, name Δέσπω, name Despoina, name Ντέπη, name Despo, name Деспина

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Despina	Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, United States, Cyprus
Деспина	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Δέσποινα	Greece
Деспіна	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Depi, Despo, Despoina, Déspina, Pepi, Pépi, Zepo, Zépo, Δέσπω, Ντέπη, and דספינה

First name Despina in the context

Despina is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Despina , the operatic character in the opera Arrighetto by Carlo Coccia; Corrado's daughter; Despina , the operatic character in the opera Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; a maid; Despina , the operatic character in the opera L’amore innocente, L'amore innocente and Δέσποινα , character in Seven logical answers.

Notable namesakes

	despina khatun princess of Trebisond, consort of Kara Yülök Osman, daughter of emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond (b. 1400)
	despina ralli (1823-1855) (b. 1823)
	despina ralli (1835-1885) (b. 1835)
	despina storch Ottoman spy for Germany, US (b. 1895)
	despina pappa-paschalidou Greek doll maker, TR (b. 1874)
	despina vlassi author (20th century) (b. 1901)
	despina mavrocordat Romanian table tennis player, RO (b. 1917)
	despina ghinokastra istrati AL (b. 1912)
	despina coropouli Righteous Among the Nations, GR (b. 1927)
	despina agioritis Australian botanist (1927–1994), AU (b. 1927)
	despina petecel-theodoru Romanian musicologist, RO (b. 1949)
	despina montagas Greek professional wrestler, GR (b. 1961)
	despina liozidou shermister greek-born Israeli lexicographer and translator (b. 1962)
	despina stratigakos architectural historian, writer, and professor, CA (b. 1963)
	despina schutt-arapi GR (b. 1953)

Characteristic surnames

Makri, Williams, Stylianou, Apostolou, Demetriou, Theodorou, Ioannidou, Anastasiou, Antoniadou, Karagianni, Kyriakidou, Georgiadou, Efstathiou, Apostolidou, Papaioannou, Grigoriadou, Sidiropoulou, Charalambous, Constantinou, Papadopoulou, Papadopoulos, Papageorgiou, Nikolaou, Christodoulou, Nicolaou, Pavlidou, Savva, Smith, Costa, Spanou, Crassa, Panayi, Pappas, Pavlou, Petrou, Loizou, Wilson, Michael, Kartson, Plioumpi, Johnson, Ioannou, Mavridou, Savvidou, Antoniou, Christou, Kyriacau, Georgiou, and Konstantinidou