Entry № 128 · Greek origin

Aglaia Aglaia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-GLAY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Splendor, brightness"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "splendor, brightness".

Aglaia (Ἀγλαΐα) is one of the three Charites (Graces) in Greek mythology — the goddess of splendor, brightness, and adornment. Her sisters are Euphrosyne (mirth) and Thalia (festivity).

Aglaia is rare as a given name but distinctive.

Splendor. One of the Three Graces.

The name in its native script.

Ἀγλαΐα
Transliteration
Aglaḯa
Pronunciation
/ əˈɡleɪ.ə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Aglaia stands.

Aglaia 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.

Aglaias before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Aglaia
Greek Grace of splendor.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Aglaia.

The number behind Aglaia.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aglaia reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.