Entry № 4171 · Greek origin

Hekate Hekate — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HEH-kah-teh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Greek goddess of magic / crossroads (Hesiod's Theogony)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "greek goddess of magic / crossroads (hesiod's theogony)".

Hekate is from the Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekatē — worker from afar) — from Greek hekatos (far-shooting/far-working) possibly related to hekaton (hundred). Hekate is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage. Greek feminine name reflecting Greek mythological heritage.

Greek goddess of magic / crossroads (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ἑκάτη
Transliteration
Hekatē
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɛk.ə.tɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hekate stands.

Hekate 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.

Hekates before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hecate
Greek goddess of magic + witchcraft + the night + moon + ghosts + crossroads + Hesiod's Theogony verses 411-452 + Eleusinian Mysteries + Macbeth Three Witches.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Hekate.

The number behind Hekate.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hekate reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.