Artemas - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Artemas \a-rte-mas, ar-temas\ is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "follower of the goddess Artemis". Biblical: a character mentioned briefly in Saint Paul's letter to Titus. Apollonius and Dennis are the similar "follower of" names that have survived even after worship of the Greek pantheon has died out. The name was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century, but fell out of use again. Artemus is the Latinized form. Author Artemas Ward.

Artemas has 9 variant forms: Art, Artemio, Artemis, Artemus, Artie, Artimas, Artimis, Artimus and Arty.

Baby names that sound like Artemas are Ardmore, Ardmorr and Wortham.

Artemas is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Artemas. Click here to compare Artemas with related baby names.