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Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Εὔκλεια(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsEuclea + Eucleia + Euclia (latinized forms), Efklia (modern Greek transcription)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek noun εὔκλεια (eukleia) meaning "good repute, glory", which consists of Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good, well" combined with the Greek noun κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". Also compare the masculine name Eukles, which is closely related.In Greek mythology, Eukleia was the personification of good repute and glory, frequently depicted as an attendant of Aphrodite, in whose entourage she represented the good repute of a chaste bride. Eukleia was also an epithet of the goddess Artemis, under which she was worshipped in Boeotia.