Entry № 8017 · Greek origin

Pasiphae Pasiphae — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pah-SI-fah-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"All-shining (Cretan queen)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "all-shining (cretan queen)".

One of Jupiter's moons (Pasiphae, 1908) is named for her.

All-shining. The Cretan queen, mother of Ariadne.

The name in its native script.

Πασιφάη
Transliteration
Pasipháē
Pronunciation
/ pəˈsɪ.fə.iː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pasiphae stands.

Pasiphae 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.

Pasiphaes before her.

Real people
Pasiphae
Cretan queen.
In fiction
Pasiphae
Mother of the Minotaur.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Pasiphae.

The number behind Pasiphae.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pasiphae reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.