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 [ syll. (p)hai-dra, ph-aid-ra ] The girl name Phaidra is pronounced as F-EY-DRah KEY. Phaidra is mainly used in Greek and its language of origin is Old Greek. Derived from the element 'phaidros' which is of the meaning bright. In Greek mythology, Phaedra was the daughter of King Minos of Crete and the wife of Theseus. She fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus and killed herself after the latter rejected her. The English and German name Phedra is a variation of the name. Another form of Phaidra is the English spelling variant Phaedra. Phaidra is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Phaidra include the English and German Phaedra, the English and German Phedra, the English Feather, the Spanish Fedra, the Russian and Italian Fedora, the Russian Feodora, and the Russian Feodoriya. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Phaidra: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
