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Photine - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Photine

[ syll. (p)ho-ti-ne, ph-ot-ine ] The girl name Photine is pronounced F-ahTIYN- KEY. Photine's language of origin is Old Greek and it is used largely in the Greek language. Derived from the element photos meaning 'light'. A variant form of the name is the Greek Photina.

Photine is rarely used as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Photine include the Arabic Fatime, the Arabic Fatin, the Arabic Fatma, the Greek Photina, the Arabic and Portuguese Fatima, the Arabic Fatimah, the Spanish Fátima, and the Greek Fotina.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Photine: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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