Entry № 1001 · Greek origin

Aspasia Aspasia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ as-PAH-zhah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Welcoming, embracing"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "welcoming, embracing".

Aspasia (Ἀσπασία) is from the Greek aspazomai, meaning "to welcome" or "to embrace." Aspasia of Miletus (c. 470-400 BCE) was the brilliant partner of the Athenian statesman Pericles — celebrated for her eloquence and intellect.

Aspasia is rare but iconic in classical learning.

Welcoming. The Athenian intellectual partner of Pericles.

The name in its native script.

Ἀσπασία
Transliteration
Aspasía
Pronunciation
/ æsˈpɑː.ʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aspasia stands.

Aspasia 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.

Aspasias before her.

Real people
Aspasia of Miletus
Pericles' intellectual partner.
c. 470 – 400 BCE
In fiction
Aspasia
Common in classical-themed fiction.

Names connected to Aspasia.

The number behind Aspasia.

3

The Communicator

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