Entry № 10019 · Greek origin

Stheneboea Stheneboea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sthe-neh-BOY-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Bellerophon's would-be lover (false accuser)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "bellerophon's would-be lover (false accuser)".

Featured in Euripides' lost play Stheneboea.

The Greek Potiphar's wife — Bellerophon's false accuser.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Σθενέβοια

Transliteration: Sthenéboia
Pronunciation: / ˌsθɛn.ɛˈboʊ.iː.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Stheneboea stands.

Stheneboea 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.

Namesakes

Stheneboeas before her.

Real people

Stheneboea

Greek mythological figure.

In fiction

Stheneboea

Bellerophon's accuser.

Euripides' lost Stheneboea

Names connected to Stheneboea.

Numerology

The number behind Stheneboea.

The Builder

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