Gender Feminine
Scripts Ἀφροδίτη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /a.pʰro.dǐː.tɛː/(Classical Greek) /æf.ɹə.ˈdaɪ.ti/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown, possibly of Phoenician origin. Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty, identified with the Roman goddess Venus. She was the wife of Hephaestus and the mother of Eros, and she was often associated with the myrtle tree and doves. The Greeks connected her name with ἀφρός (aphros) meaning "foam", resulting in the story that she was born from the foam of the sea. Many of her characteristics are based on the goddess known as Ashtoreth to the Phoenicians and Ishtar to the Mesopotamian Semitic peoples, and on the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesAfroditi(Greek) Afrodite(Italian) Afrodite(Portuguese) Afrodita(Russian) Afrodita(Spanish)

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Entry updated May 29, 2020