Entry № 1028 · Greek origin

Athenais Athenais — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-thee-NAH-ees /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Of Athena (Byzantine empress Eudokia)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "of athena (byzantine empress eudokia)".

Athenais (Ἀθηναΐς) is the Greek name meaning "of Athena." Athenais (c. 401-460 CE) was the Athenian pagan philosopher's daughter who became Byzantine Empress Aelia Eudokia, wife of Theodosius II — a poet and patron of learning, she wrote Greek epic poetry of considerable merit.

One of the most learned of all Byzantine empresses.

Of Athena. The Athenian philosopher who became Byzantine Empress.

The name in its native script.

Ἀθηναΐς
Transliteration
Athēnaḯs
Pronunciation
/ ˌæ.θəˈnɑː.iːs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Athenais stands.

Athenais 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.

Athenaiss before her.

Real people
Athenais
Byzantine Empress Eudokia.
c. 401 – 460
In fiction
Athenais
Common in Byzantine historical fiction.

Names connected to Athenais.

The number behind Athenais.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Athenais reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.