Aspasia

Gender Feminine

Usage Ancient Greek [1], Greek

Scripts Ἀσπασία(Ancient Greek) Ασπασία(Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /a.spa.sí.aː/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ἀσπάσιος (aspasios) meaning "welcome, embrace". This was the name of the lover of Pericles (5th century BC).

People think this name is

classic mature formal upper class natural refined strange complex serious

Categories

actions, Ancient Greek words, asteroids, greeting, happiness, history, philosophers, rhetoricians, women's history, writers

Sources & References

Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀσπασία.

Entry updated October 6, 2024