Berinthia

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Berinthia

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Berinthia is a literary name, one that doesn’t appear to have any meaning.

History:
Berinthia is a literary name, invented for Colley Cibber’s 1696 play Love’s Last Shift, used in Sir John Vanbrugh’s 1696 The Relapse, sequel/send up of Cibber’s play, and again used in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 remake of Vanbrugh’s work, Trip to Scarborough. The character of Berinthia was a seducer.

Pronunciation: ber-inn-thee-ah.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
less than 0.001 % named Berinthia