Daphne (disambiguation)

Daphne
Pronunciation	/ˈdæfniː/ daf-nee
Gender	Female

Daphne is a female first name. Daphne is the Greek name for Laurus genus botanical species, and is used in modern classification to refer to many species of Lauraceae or laurel-like.

Daphne, Dafni or Dafne may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Vessels 3 Fictional people named Daphne 4 People with the given name Daphne 5 Songs about Daphne 6 Other uses 7 See also 8 References

• The nymph Daphne in Greek mythology
• Dafne, an opera from late 16th century by Jacopo Peri, considered to be the first opera ever composed
• Daphne (opera), an opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth of the nymph Daphne
• Daphne (plant), a genus of shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries

Places

• Daphne Palace of Constantinople
• Daphne Island, in the Galápagos Archipelago
• 41 Daphne, an asteroid
• Dafni (disambiguation), many cities and villages in Greece
• Daphne, Alabama, a city in the United States
• A former suburb of the ancient city of Antioch
• Constantiana Daphne, Byzantine fortification on Danube

Vessels

• Daphne (brig), a ship that was wrecked in 1819
• SS Daphne, a ship which sank disastrously in 1883
• Daphne, a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises (1979–1997)
• Daphné class submarine

Fictional people named Daphne

• Daphne Blake, a character in the television cartoon Scooby-Doo
• Daphne Broon, a character in the Scottish cartoon strip The Broons
• Daphne Hatzilakos, a character in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Daphne Moon, a character in the television show Frasier
• Daphne Millicent Turner, a character in the Malory Towers books
• Daphne Millbrook, a character in the television series Heroes with the power of superhuman speed

People with the given name Daphne

• Daphné, French singer
• Dafni Bokota, Greek singer and TV presenter
• Daphne Guinness, Irish artist and socialite
• Daphne Du Maurier, English writer
• Daphne Fielding, English socialite and writer
• Daphne Hampson, British theologian
• Daphni Leef, Israeli social activist
• Daphne Merkin, American writer
• Daphne Park (1921–2010), British diplomat and spy
• Daphne Patai, American educator
• Daphne Woodward, French-English translator
• Daphne Zuniga, actress

Songs about Daphne

• "Daphne", a song on several Django Reinhardt albums, such as Djangology; written in 1938
• "Daphne Descends", a song on The Smashing Pumpkins' album Adore

Other uses

• DAPHNE, an emulator of Laserdisc arcade games
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, a 2004 anime
• Détecteur à Grande Acceptance pour la Physique Photonucléaire Expérimentale (DAPHNE), a detector for real photon physics, built by CEA Saclay (France) and used at the electron accelerator facility SATURNE (CEA Saclay / France) between 1987 and 1990 and the electron accelerator facility MAMI (Mainz / Germany) between 1990 and 2003
• DAFNE or DAΦNE, a nuclear physics experiment in Frascati, Italy
• "Daphne II", a European Community program based on the decision 803/2004/CE from the European Parliament, to prevent and fight violence against women and children and protect the victims and risk groups
• "Daphne", a short story by Michael Cadnum
• "Daphne", an open source Windows Task Manager replacement.^[1]
• Daphne, opera by George Frideric Handel

See also

• Daffney, the best-known ring persona of American professional wrestler and valet Shannon Spruill (born 1975)

References

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