Phaidra Phaidra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Phaidra is from the Greek Φαίδρα (Phaidra — bright, shining). A modern American baby name in the broader Greek-classical mythological heritage aesthetic. Phaidra is one of the foundational classical Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage. Phaidra is foundational daughter of foundational King Minos of Crete + Pasiphaë + foundational sister of foundational Ariadne + foundational wife of foundational Theseus + foundational subject of foundational *Euripides Hippolytus (foundational 428 BCE Greek tragedy + foundational won first prize at Dionysia + foundational Phaedra's tragic unrequited love for stepson Hippolytus) — central to foundational pan-Western theatrical heritage + foundational Jean Racine Phèdre** (1677 — foundational French neoclassical tragedy + foundational masterpiece of French theater) + foundational Seneca Phaedra* + foundational opera heritage (Britten + Henze). Foundational Greek mythological feminine name reflecting Greek heroic-tragic heritage.

Featured throughout Greek heritage.