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Athena is a female given name of Greek origin, especially in reference to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena. The name has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States since the mid-1950s and was the 78th most popular name for newborn American girls in 2022.
Phoebe or Phœbe (/ ˈ f iː b i / FEE-bee; [1] Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē) is a female name, the feminine form of the male name Phoebus (Φοῖβος), an epithet of Apollo meaning "bright", "shining", and “pure”. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan associated with the power of prophecy as well as the moon.
The Greek word κόρη (korē) can mean girl, maiden or daughter. [4] In the latter sense it came to be an alternate name given to Persephone to denote her being the daughter of Demeter, who accordingly carries the epithet Μήτηρ (Mētēr), mother. Κόρη was used when addressing Persephone not as queen of the underworld, but as ...
The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century. [2] It is a common female name in the Eastern Orthodox countries. It became very popular in the West beginning in the later 1990s and became one of the most popularly given girls' names in the Western world in the first decades of the 21st century.
The name continued to increase in usage and ranked among the top 1,000 names given to newborn girls in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. [6] It has also been in occasional use for newborn girls in Canada since at least 2013. [7] Increased usage of the name in 2013 coincided with the 2012 release of the film Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
Melissa became a popular name in the United States during the 1950s. The name was very popular from the 1960s to the 1990s; today Melissa is a relatively uncommon baby name. In 2010, fewer than 2,500 girls were given the name, compared with around 10,000 in 1993 and well over 30,000 at the name's peak popularity in 1979. [17]
Rapunzel and the Prince, an illustration by Paul Hey. Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros (Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". [1]