Entry № 0764 · Greek origin

Hemera Hemera — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ heh-MEH-rah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Day (the primordial Greek goddess)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "day (the primordial greek goddess)".

Hemera (Ἡμέρα) is the Greek word for "day." **The primordial Greek goddess of daylight** — daughter of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx (night), sister of Aether (upper air). In Hesiod's Theogony, she emerges from Tartarus as her mother returns each night.

Featured in Hesiod's Theogony.

Day. The primordial Greek goddess of daylight.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ἡμέρα

Transliteration: Hēméra
Pronunciation: / ˈhɛ.mə.rə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Hemera stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Hemera · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Hemeras before her.

Real people

Hemera

Greek primordial goddess.

In fiction

Hemera

Featured in Hesiod's Theogony.

Names connected to Hemera.

Numerology

The number behind Hemera.

The Pioneer

Hemera reduces to one — the number of Greek day.

Parents on Hemera

Why families chose this name.

"Greek day. Six letters. Hemera."

Eleni · Mother of one · Athens