Entry № 6674 · Greek origin

Medusa Medusa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ meh-DOO-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Guardian (Greek Gorgon + Versace logo)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "guardian (greek gorgon + versace logo)".

Medusa is from the Greek Médousa (Μέδουσα — guardian, protectress). Medusa in Greek mythology is the iconic Gorgon, central to Hesiod's Theogony (c. 700 BCE) and Ovid's Metamorphoses (8 CE).

Guardian (Greek Gorgon + Versace logo) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Μέδουσα
Transliteration
Médousa
Pronunciation
/ məˈduː.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Medusa stands.

Medusa 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.

Medusas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Medusa (Greek)
Greek Gorgon + Versace logo.

Names connected to Medusa.

The number behind Medusa.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Medusa reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.