Entry № 1115 · Greek origin

Axiothea Axiothea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ak-see-OH-thee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Plato's student (Greek)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "plato's student (greek)".

Axiothea of Phlius (4th c. BCE) was one of the two women admitted to Plato's Academy — she came from the Peloponnese after reading the Republic, allegedly traveling to Athens disguised as a man to study. Continued her studies under Speusippus.

Among the earliest documented female philosophy students.

Plato's student. Disguised as a man to study at the Academy.

The name in its native script.

Ἀξιοθέα
Transliteration
Axiothéa
Pronunciation
/ ˌæk.siːˈoʊ.θi.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Axiothea stands.

Axiothea 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.

Axiotheas before her.

Real people
Axiothea of Phlius
Plato's student.
4th c. BCE
In fiction
Axiothea
Featured in Diogenes Laërtius.
3rd c. CE

Names connected to Axiothea.

The number behind Axiothea.

2

The Peacemaker

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