Entry № 2472 · Greek origin

Tryphosa Tryphosa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ try-FOH-sah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Delicate (NT - Romans 16:12)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "delicate (nt - romans 16:12)".

Tryphosa (Τρυφῶσα) is the Greek feminine related to Tryphena — "the delicate one." In Romans 16:12, paired with Tryphena as "women who work hard in the Lord."

Like Tryphena, rare but distinctive in NT scholarship.

Delicate. Tryphena's pair in Romans 16.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Τρυφῶσα

Transliteration: Tryphôsa
Pronunciation: / traɪˈfoʊ.sə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Tryphosa stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Tryphosa · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Tryphosas before her.

Real people

Tryphosa

NT figure (Romans 16:12).

1st c. CE

In fiction

Tryphosa

Common in religious historical fiction.

Names connected to Tryphosa.

Numerology

The number behind Tryphosa.

The Builder

Tryphosa reduces to four — the number of NT pair.

Parents on Tryphosa

Why families chose this name.

"Romans 16. Eight letters. Tryphosa."

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