Persephone

Where Persephone comes from

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).
— Wiktionary's entry for Persephone
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #5,860 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2022
    Peak, #681
    429 babies named Persephone — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

No widely known Persephone 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.