Entry № 2161 · Greek origin

Coronis Coronis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ koh-ROH-nis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Crow (Asclepius's mother)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "crow (asclepius's mother)".

Coronis (Κορωνίς) is the Greek word for "crow." The princess of Thessaly, beloved of Apollo and mother of Asclepius, the god of medicine. When Apollo's white crow reported her unfaithfulness, the god turned all crows black with his rage.

Featured in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Crow. Mother of Asclepius. The reason crows are black.

The name in its native script.

Κορωνίς
Transliteration
Korōnís
Pronunciation
/ kəˈroʊ.nɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Coronis stands.

Coronis 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.

Coroniss before her.

Real people
Coronis
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Coronis
Mother of Asclepius.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Coronis.

The number behind Coronis.

3

The Communicator

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