55%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Roman Mythology, Greek Mythology Scripts Διδώ(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈdiː.doː/(Latin) /ˈdaɪ.doʊ/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Meaning unknown, probably of Phoenician origin. Dido, also called Elissa, was the queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid. She threw herself upon a funeral pyre after Aeneas left her. Virgil based the story on earlier Greco-Roman accounts. People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful upper class strange simple Categories asteroids, black history, chastity, Civilization VI characters, fire, Greek mythology, grief, Gundam characters, hair, mythology, nobles, pop music, pop singers, purity, queens, Roman mythology, women and death