Athena - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Athena \a-the-

is pronounced a-THEE-nah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "wise". Mythology: the virgin goddess of wisdom and war, identified with the Roman goddess Minerva. Homer, in the "Odyssey", refers to her as "gray-eyed Athena".

Athena has 6 variant forms: Atheena, Athenais, Athene, Athie, Athina and Attie.

For more information, see also related names Artemis, Pallas and Vesta.

Baby names that sound like Athena are Adena and Adeena.

Athena is a very common first name for women (#1135 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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