Parthenia

Where Parthenia comes from

From Ancient Greek Παρθενια (Parthenia, “virginity”), occurring in Greek mythology.
— Wiktionary's entry for Parthenia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #633
    13 babies named Parthenia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,277.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

No widely known Parthenia turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.