Entry № 8084 · Greek origin

Periktione Periktione — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ peh-rik-TIE-oh-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Plato's mother (Athenian aristocrat)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "plato's mother (athenian aristocrat)".

Periktione (Περικτιόνη) was the mother of Plato and his brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus — an Athenian aristocrat of the Solon lineage. Some traditions attribute philosophical writings to her, though their authenticity is debated.

Plato's mother. Athenian aristocrat of the Solon lineage.

The name in its native script.

Περικτιόνη
Transliteration
Periktiónē
Pronunciation
/ ˌpɛr.ɪkˈtaɪ.oʊ.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Periktione stands.

Periktione 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.

Periktiones before her.

Real people
Periktione
Plato's mother.
5th c. BCE
In fiction
Periktione
Featured in Plato's family genealogy.

Names connected to Periktione.

The number behind Periktione.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Periktione reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.