Athena

Where Athena comes from

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina.
— Wiktionary's entry for Athena
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,793 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Athena Manoukian born
    Greek singer
  3. 2012
    Athena of Monpezat born
    Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark
  4. 2023
    Peak, #76
    3,001 babies named Athena — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Athena Manoukian · Greek singer, born 1994
  • Athena of Monpezat · Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark, born 2012
  • Athena Karkanis · Canadian television actress, born 1981
  • Athena Chu · Hong Kong actress, born 1971
  • Athena Farrokhzad · Iranian-Swedish poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.