Gender Feminine
Scripts Ἀρσινόη(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "raising of the mind", from Greek ἄρσις (arsis) "raising" and νόος (noos) "mind, thought". This name was borne by Egyptian queens from the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Related Names

Rootsarsis + noos
User SubmissionsArsinoé, Arsinoë

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀρσινόη.
Entry updated October 6, 2024