Submitted Names Ending with anthe

Acanthe m & f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of both Acantha and Acanthus.

Amaranthe f French (Rare)
French form of Amarantha.

Anthe f Greek Mythology
Feminine given name from Greek Mythology which means "bloom". Anthe was one of the Alkyonides, nymphs of fair weather. After the death of their father at the hands of Herakles, they threw themselves into the sea in their grief and were transformed into kingfishers.

Arianthe f Greek (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Arianthi. This is borne by Arianthe Galani (1940-), an Australian actress of Greek descent.

Chrysanthe m History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Chrysanthos.

Cléanthe m & f French (Rare)
French form of the Greek given name Kleanthes via its latinized form Cleanthes. Although Cléanthe was originally a masculine name, it has occasionally been used as a feminine name in French, which is probably due to the name's similarity to other French feminine names, such as Acanthe and Amaranthe.

Cruzamanthe f French (Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare name which was likely inspired by the novel Cruzamante ou la Sainte Amante de la Croix by Marie Françoise Loquet, published in 1786.

Danthe f Dutch (Rare)

Dianthe f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Diantha.

Elianthe f Dutch (Rare), French (Rare, Archaic), Flemish (Rare), Literature
Probably a variant form of Helianthe, with omission of the h-. However, in at least one recorded case (a Dutch family), this name was a blend of Elisabeth and Anthonia.... [more]

Emeranthe f French (Acadian)
Either a variant of Amarante or possibly of Emérance.

Eranthe f Literature

Erianthe f Obscure
Popularly claimed to mean "lover of flowers" (apparently due to association with Greek eran "to love, to be in love with"), it may actually mean "woolly-haired flower" from the botanical name eriantha, ultimately from Greek ἔριον (erion) "wool" and ανθος (anthos) "flower".

Helianthe f Dutch (Rare)
Derived from Hélianthe, the French name for Helianthus, which is a genus of plants. It is ultimately derived from Greek helianthos meaning "sun-flower", from Greek helios "sun" and anthos "flower".

Hillianthe f Antillean Creole, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Possibly a variant of Helianthe.

Janthe f Flemish

Leanthe f Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)

Marianthe f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Μαριάνθη (see Marianthi).

Melanthe f Greek (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Melanthos.

Melissanthe f Greek (Rare)
Composed of Greek μελισσα (melissa) "honeybee" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". It is used as a Graecized form of Mélisande (e.g., the 12th-century queen Melisende of Jerusalem is known as Melissanthe in Greek)... [more]

Meranthe f French (Acadian)
Truncated form of Emeranthe.

Myrianthe f Greek (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
The first element of this name is derived from Greek μυριάς (myrias) meaning "ten thousand", which is ultimately derived from Greek μυρίος (myrios) meaning "countless, numberless, infinite"... [more]

Oenanthe f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Oinanthe. A known bearer of this name was the Egyptian Greek noblewoman Oenanthe of Egypt (3rd century BC), who was a prominent member of the Ptolemaic court.

Oinanthe f Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek noun οἰνάνθη (oinanthe) meaning "inflorescence of the grapevine" as well as "vine" and "dropwort".... [more]

Psamanthe f Greek Mythology, Literature
Variant of Psamathe used in George Sandys's translation (1623) of Ovid's Metamorphoses, among other translations.

Rhadamanthe m Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Rhadamanthos.

Rhodanthe f English (Rare), Literature
Means "rose flower" from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) "rose" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower, blossom"... [more]

Rodanthe f Greek (Rare)
Variant of Rodanthi.

Rosanthe f Literature
Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda)... [more]

Samanthe f English (Rare)
Samanthe and its variant spellings, including its most common variant Semanthe, are relatives and possibly predecessors of the name Samantha, which were at their peak use in the 1700s and 1800s in the United States, mainly in New England, though there is also some evidence of Semanthe being used in 1700s England.... [more]

Yolanthe f Dutch, German
Variant form of Yolanda. A known bearer of this name is Dutch-Spanish actress and television presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen (b. 1985), who is married to Dutch soccer player Wesley Sneijder (b... [more]

Zephyranthe f Obscure
From Zephyranthes, the name of a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family, derived from the name of the Greek god Zephyros and Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom".