Entry № 8339 · Greek origin

Psyche Psyche — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SYE-kee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Soul (Cupid + Psyche + Apuleius + Canova sculpture)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "soul (cupid + psyche + apuleius + canova sculpture)".

Psyche is from the Greek psūkhḗ (ψυχή — soul, breath, life). Psyche in Greek-Roman mythology is the personification of the soul + the mortal beauty who became immortal goddess + wife of Cupid (Eros). Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (1787-1793) at the Louvre is a Neoclassical masterpiece. Asteroid 16 Psyche is currently being explored by the NASA Psyche Mission (launched 2023).

Soul (Cupid + Psyche + Apuleius + Canova sculpture) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ψυχή
Transliteration
Psūkhḗ
Pronunciation
/ ˈsaɪ.ki /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Psyche stands.

Psyche 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.

Psyches before her.

Real people

In fiction
Psyche (Greek)
Greek soul + Cupid's wife.

Names connected to Psyche.

The number behind Psyche.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Psyche reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.