Save Gender Feminine Usage Ancient Greek (Latinized), Literature Scripts Νεοβούλη(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History From Greek Νεοβούλη (Neoboule), which meant "new decision" from Greek νέος (neos) meaning "new" and βούλομαι (boulomai) "to will, to wish, to prefer". This was used by the 7th-century BC Greek poet Archilochus.