Girl · Pre-Greek, through Greek
Artemis
Say it: AR-tuh-mis
Meaning
Uncertain. The goddess's name is probably pre-Greek and its meaning unknown.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as a personal name in modern Greece alongside the male Artemios.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 2,197 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 6,100 girls
- 336 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Artemis |
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Famous bearers
- Artemis, Greek goddess of the hunt
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.