Entry № 3757 · Greek origin

Gorgophone Gorgophone — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ gor-GOH-foh-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Gorgon-slayer (Perseus's daughter)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "gorgon-slayer (perseus's daughter)".

Gorgophone (Γοργοφόνη) combines the Greek Gorgo (Gorgon) and phonē (slaying) — "Gorgon-slayer," honoring her father. The daughter of Perseus and Andromeda, mother of the Spartan dynasty. She was the first widow recorded in Greek tradition to remarry — a daring innovation.

Featured in Pausanias's Description of Greece.

Gorgon-slayer. Perseus's daughter, mother of Sparta's kings.

The name in its native script.

Γοργοφόνη
Transliteration
Gorgophónē
Pronunciation
/ ɡɔːrˈɡoʊ.foʊ.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gorgophone stands.

Gorgophone 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.

Gorgophones before her.

Real people
Gorgophone
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Gorgophone
Perseus's daughter.
Pausanias

Names connected to Gorgophone.

The number behind Gorgophone.

3

The Communicator

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