Entry № 186 · Greek origin

Aedon Aedon — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AY-don /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Nightingale (original Greek nightingale)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "nightingale (original greek nightingale)".

Aedon (Ἀηδών) is the Greek word for "nightingale." Daughter of Pandareus, who accidentally killed her own son Itylus and was transformed by Zeus into a nightingale — mourning him eternally with her song.

Nightingale. The original Greek nightingale of mourning.

The name in its native script.

Ἀηδών
Transliteration
Aēdṓn
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪ.dɒn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aedon stands.

Aedon does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aedons before her.

Real people
Aedon
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Aedon
Original nightingale, Homer's Odyssey.
Book 19

Names connected to Aedon.

The number behind Aedon.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aedon reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.