Entry № 927 · Greek origin

Artemis Artemis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AR-teh-mis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Greek goddess of the hunt (NASA Artemis program)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "greek goddess of the hunt (nasa artemis program)".

Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity — one of the Twelve Olympians; twin sister of Apollo; daughter of Zeus and Leto. Her temple at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The name has surged in modern US naming since 2015 as a powerful classical-goddess revival.

Greek goddess of the hunt.

The name in its native script.

Ἄρτεμις
Transliteration
Ártemis
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːr.tə.mɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Artemis stands.

Artemis 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.

Artemiss before her.

Real people
Artemisia I of Caria
Greek queen-commander at Salamis.
5th century BCE
In fiction
Artemis
Greek goddess of the hunt.
Artemis Fowl
Colfer's YA series.
2001

Names connected to Artemis.

The number behind Artemis.

4

The Builder

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