Entry № 8058 · Greek origin

Peitho Peitho — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PY-thoh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Goddess of persuasion"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "goddess of persuasion".

Peitho is the Greek goddess of persuasion and gentle eloquence, a companion of Aphrodite.

Goddess of persuasion — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Peitho
Transliteration
Peitho
Pronunciation
/ ˈpaɪ.θo /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Peitho stands.

Peitho 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.

Peithos before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Peitho.

The number behind Peitho.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Peitho reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.