Entry № 1035 · 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.

Of Athena (Byzantine empress Eudokia) — a Greek name.

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.