Entry № 5543 · Greek origin

Klymene Klymene — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kli-MEH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Renowned (Phaethon's mother)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "renowned (phaethon's mother)".

Klymene (Κλυμένη) is the Greek word for "famous" or "renowned." An Oceanid daughter of Tethys — mother of Phaethon by Helios.

Also a Nereid in some traditions.

Renowned. Phaethon's mother by Helios.

The name in its native script.

Κλυμένη
Transliteration
Klyménē
Pronunciation
/ klɪˈmɛ.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Klymene stands.

Klymene 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.

Klymenes before her.

Real people
Klymene
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Klymene
Mother of Phaethon.
Ovid's Metamorphoses

Names connected to Klymene.

The number behind Klymene.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Klymene reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.