Entry № 8206 · Greek origin

Polycaste Polycaste — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ poh-lee-KAS-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Nestor's daughter (bathed Telemachus)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "nestor's daughter (bathed telemachus)".

Featured in Homer's Odyssey.

Nestor's daughter. Bathed Telemachus in Homer's Odyssey.

The name in its native script.

Πολυκάστη
Transliteration
Polykástē
Pronunciation
/ ˌpɒ.liˈkæs.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Polycaste stands.

Polycaste 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.

Polycastes before her.

Real people
Polycaste
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Polycaste
Nestor's youngest daughter.
Homer's Odyssey 3

Names connected to Polycaste.

The number behind Polycaste.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Polycaste reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.