Girl · Greek
Diotima
Say it: dy-OH-tih-muh
Meaning
From Greek Dios 'of Zeus' and timē 'honour'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Known mainly through Plato.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Diotima of Mantinea, teacher of Socrates in Plato's Symposium
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
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