Ophelia

Ophelia drifts in on a current of willow leaves. Shakespeare almost certainly coined or popularized the spelling for his Hamlet heroine in 1600, borrowing from the Greek ōphélia, "help" or "benefit." For four centuries it carried the faint tragedy of that drowned Danish girl and was used sparingly — but the 2010s brought a remarkable reversal, with Ophelia climbing from obscurity into the US top 300 by 2020 and now resting around 261. The Lumineers' hit song accelerated the rise. Four vowel-heavy syllables, a soft F at the center. Pre-Raphaelite, slightly melancholic, undeniably beautiful on any lips.