Dauphinoise as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dauphinoise

What is the meaning of the name Dauphinoise ?

The baby name Dauphinoise is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced French: /do.fi.nwaz/ (doh-FEE-nwahz); English approximation: /dɔːˈfiːnwɑːz/ (daw-FEEN-wahz).

Dauphinoise is French in Origin.

Dauphinoise is a rare French feminine name formed from the adjective meaning “woman of the Dauphiné,” the former principality in southeastern France. Dauphiné takes its name from the Dauphins of Viennois; Dauphin derives from Old French dalfin, ultimately Latin delphinus “dolphin,” the emblem of those lords and later the title of France’s heir apparent. The term also survives in cuisine (à la dauphinoise), lending the name a chic, culinary association.

Closely related forms include Dauphine (title of the heir’s consort), Delphine and Delfina (cognates from the same Greek/Latin root), and the masculine Dauphin; Dauphinois is the masculine demonym. As a given name, Dauphinoise has scant historical record and reads as a modern Francophile or toponymic choice. Its meaning centers on “from the Dauphiné” and, by extension, the dolphin emblem and echoes of French royal heritage.