Entry № 4592 · Greek origin

Iokasti Iokasti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yo-KAH-stee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Violet-shining (Jocasta Sophocles Oedipus Rex)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "violet-shining (jocasta sophocles oedipus rex)".

Iokasti is from the Greek Ιοκάστη (Iokásti — Jocasta) — Greek mythological name. Iokasti is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological + Orthodox heritage.

Violet-shining (Jocasta Sophocles Oedipus Rex) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ιοκάστη
Transliteration
Iokásti
Pronunciation
/ joʊˈkɑː.sti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Iokasti stands.

Iokasti 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.

Iokastis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jocasta
Queen of Thebes + mother and wife of Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus Rex c. 429 BCE

Names connected to Iokasti.

The number behind Iokasti.

3

The Communicator

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