Entry № 8083 · Greek origin

Periklia Periklia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ peh-ree-KLEE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Surrounded by glory (Pericles classical Athens)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "surrounded by glory (pericles classical athens)".

Periklia is from the Greek Περικλεία (Perikleía — peri around + kleos glory/fame — surrounded by glory) — feminine of Greek Pericles. Periklia is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek heritage. Greek feminine name reflecting Greek classical heritage.

Surrounded by glory (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Περικλεία
Transliteration
Perikleía
Pronunciation
/ pɛ.riːˈkliː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Periklia stands.

Periklia 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.

Periklias before her.

Real people
Pericles / Periklēs
Athenian statesman + general + orator + Golden Age of Athens + built Parthenon + Athenian democracy + Funeral Oration.
c. 495 – 429 BCE
In fiction
Periklia
Greek surrounded by glory + classical Greek civilization heritage.

Names connected to Periklia.

The number behind Periklia.

9

The Giver

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