Entry № 6482 · Greek origin

Mariamne Mariamne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-ree-AHM-neh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Hasmonean queen (Herod's beloved wife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hellenistic)

A name that means "hasmonean queen (herod's beloved wife)".

Mariamne (Μαριάμνη) is the Greek form of the Hebrew Miriam. Mariamne I (c. 54-29 BCE) was the last Hasmonean princess — granddaughter of Hyrcanus II, second and most beloved wife of King Herod the Great, who executed her in jealous rage and then mourned her so deeply he nearly went mad.

Featured in Josephus, Voltaire's Mariamne, and Hawthorne's writings.

Hasmonean queen. Herod's beloved wife whom he executed.

The name in its native script.

Μαριάμνη
Transliteration
Mariámnē
Pronunciation
/ ˌmær.iˈæm.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mariamne stands.

Mariamne 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.

Mariamnes before her.

Real people
Mariamne I
Hasmonean queen, Herod's wife.
c. 54 – 29 BCE
In fiction
Mariamne
Subject of Voltaire's tragedy.
1724

Names connected to Mariamne.

The number behind Mariamne.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mariamne reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.