Spanish form of the Late Latin name Fulgentius, which meant “shining” from Latin fulgens. Saint Fulgentius was a 6th-century bishop from Tunisia who was a friend of Saint Augustine.
People with the name Olimpia have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths.
From an Irish surname that was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning “descendant of Dubhghall” (see Dougal). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek φίνις (phinis), a variant of φήνη (phene) meaning “vulture”. According to Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Thrace visited by Jason and the Argonauts.