Behind the Name: Comments for the name Athena

Comments for ATHENA:

I think this name is actually pronounced Ah-tay-nah, but you could also pronounce it the English way.

-- Destry 4/13/2005

In Modern Greek, the pronunciation is ah-thee-NAH. (I much prefer the usual English pronunciation.) The city of Athens is pronounced ah-THEE-nah, though.

-- Kosta 5/10/2006

One of my cousins is 1/4 Greek (born and raised in Athens, I believe) and she pronounces her name "A-TEE-na". Immigration transliterated her name to "Atina" when she came here.

-- Anonymous User 5/18/2006

In Greece it is pronounced Athena ah-thee-NA (as the female name) and a-THEE-na (as the capital).

-- E.K. 12/16/2008

Pronounced "ah-teh-nah".

-- MaggieSimpson 9/2/2009

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