Entry № 453 · Greek origin

Alkmene Alkmene — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ alk-MEH-neh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Mother of Heracles (Zeus deception)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "mother of heracles (zeus deception)".

Alkmene is from the Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmēnē — might of the moon, mighty wrath) — from Greek alkē (might/strength) + mēnē (moon). Alkmene is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek heroic-mythological heritage. Greek feminine name reflecting Greek heroic heritage.

Mother of Heracles (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ἀλκμήνη
Transliteration
Alkmēnē
Pronunciation
/ ælkˈmeɪ.nɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Alkmene stands.

Alkmene 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.

Alkmenes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Alcmene
Mother of Heracles / Hercules + princess of Mycenae + wife of Amphitryon + Zeus disguise narrative + Hesiod's Shield of Heracles + Apollodorus's Bibliotheca + Plautus's Amphitruo.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Alkmene.

The number behind Alkmene.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alkmene reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.