Entry № 566 · Greek origin

Amphitrite Amphitrite — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ am-fee-TRY-tee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Greek queen of the sea (Poseidon's wife)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "greek queen of the sea (poseidon's wife)".

Mother of Triton, the merman-herald of the sea.

Greek queen of the sea (Poseidon's wife) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ἀμφιτρίτη

Transliteration: Amphitrítē
Pronunciation: / ˌæm.fɪˈtraɪ.tiː /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Amphitrite stands.

Amphitrite 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.

Namesakes

Amphitrites before her.

Real people

Amphitrite

Greek sea-goddess.

In fiction

Amphitrite

Hesiod's Theogony.

Names connected to Amphitrite.

Numerology

The number behind Amphitrite.

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amphitrite reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.