Save Gender Feminine Usage Ancient Greek (Latinized), Literature Scripts Φιλόκλεια(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Latinized form of Greek Φιλόκλεια (Philokleia), a feminine form of Philokles. Sir Philip Sydney (1554-1586) used this name for a character, the younger sister of Pamela, in his pastoral romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.