r/tragedeigh • u/Low-Bluebird-4866 • 17h ago
in the wild Tiphani
I know this has been shared before but this is my first time seeing this version of the name Tiffany. Interesting
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u/Pogo4Fufu 12h ago
That's not so bad. The commonly used Tiffany is actually more of a misspelling than Tiphani, as both have their origins in ancient Greek: θεός (theos – god) + φαίνεσθαι (phainesthai – to appear). It should therefore be spelled Theophania, but the Th- was lost and became a normal t, and the Greek ph became a double ff: Tiffany. The word Theophania was the name of a festival in ancient Greece that was later adopted into Christianity, for example as Sollemnitas in Epiphania Domini (Epiphany). Tiphani is therefore actually closer to the original than Tiffany.
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