Meaning & History
Latinized form of Ποιμενία (Poimenia), which is the feminine form of Poimenios and perhaps also Poimen. Their latinized forms are Poemenius and Poemen respectively.This name was most notably borne by a wealthy but pious 4th-century Roman noblewoman, who financed the construction of a church named Imbomon (now called Chapel of the Ascension) on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.