Entry № 8207 · Greek origin

Polyhymnia Polyhymnia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ po-lee-HIM-nee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Many hymns, sacred song"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "many hymns, sacred song".

Polyhymnia (Πολυύμνια) combines the Greek poly (many) and hymnos (hymn) — meaning "of many hymns." She is the muse of sacred poetry, hymns, and eloquence.

Polyhymnia is rare as a given name but distinctive.

Many hymns. The muse of sacred song.

The name in its native script.

Πολυύμνια
Transliteration
Polyhýmnia
Pronunciation
/ ˌpɒl.iˈhɪm.ni.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Polyhymnia stands.

Polyhymnia 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.

Polyhymnias before her.

Real people

In fiction
Polyhymnia
Greek muse of sacred poetry.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Polyhymnia.

The number behind Polyhymnia.

3

The Communicator

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