Origin:Greek
Popularity:10539
Meaning:wretchedness
Desdemona as a girl's name is of Greek origin meaning "wretchedness". In Shakespeare's "Othello", Desdemona is the beautiful, innocent heroine, wrongly accused of adultery by her husband.
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