Entry № 6766 · Greek origin

Melpomene Melpomene — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mel-POM-eh-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"To celebrate with song (muse of tragedy)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "to celebrate with song (muse of tragedy)".

Melpomene is rare but distinctive.

Muse of tragedy. The masked celebrant.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Μελπομένη

Transliteration: Melpoménē
Pronunciation: / mɛlˈpɒm.ə.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Melpomene stands.

Melpomene 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.

Namesakes

Melpomenes before her.

Real people

Melpomene

Greek muse.

In fiction

Melpomene

Greek muse of tragedy.

Greek mythology

Names connected to Melpomene.

Numerology

The number behind Melpomene.

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Melpomene reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.