Girl · Greek
Eurydice
Say it: yoo-RID-ih-see
Meaning
From Greek eurys 'wide' and dikē 'justice'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Macedonian royal name as well as a myth name; very rare today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 78 babies given this name since 1965
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 146,700 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Evrydiki |
|---|---|
| Italian | Euridice |
Famous bearers
- Eurydice, wife of Orpheus in Greek myth
- Eurydice I of Macedon, mother of Philip II
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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