Entry № 3154 · Greek origin

Eurykleia Eurykleia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-ree-KLAY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Odysseus's nurse (recognized him by his scar)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "odysseus's nurse (recognized him by his scar)".

Featured in Homer's Odyssey Book 19.

Odysseus's nurse (recognized him by his scar) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Εὐρύκλεια
Transliteration
Eurýkleia
Pronunciation
/ ˌjʊr.ɪˈkleɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eurykleia stands.

Eurykleia 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.

Eurykleias before her.

Real people
Eurykleia
Greek literary figure.
In fiction
Eurykleia
Odysseus's nurse.
Homer's Odyssey 19

Names connected to Eurykleia.

The number behind Eurykleia.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eurykleia reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.