Entry № 6955 · Greek origin

Mnemosyne Mnemosyne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ neh-MAH-suh-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Greek goddess of memory, mother of the Muses"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "greek goddess of memory, mother of the muses".

Mnemosyne (Μνημοσύνη) is the Greek goddess of memory — from the Greek mnemē (memory).

The English word "mnemonic" derives from her name.

Memory. Mother of the nine Muses.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Μνημοσύνη

Transliteration: Mnēmosýnē
Pronunciation: / nɪˈmɒ.sɪ.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Mnemosyne stands.

Mnemosyne 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

Mnemosynes before her.

Real people

Mnemosyne

Greek goddess.

In fiction

Mnemosyne

Mother of the Muses.

Hesiod's Theogony

Names connected to Mnemosyne.

Numerology

The number behind Mnemosyne.

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mnemosyne reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.