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Gender Feminine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized)
Scripts Αμυτις(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsAmitis, Amyitis
Meaning & History
Greek form of an uncertain Persian name, perhaps *Umati which is equivalent to Avestan humaiti meaning "having good thought" (derived from hu "good, well, beautiful" and maiti "thought, opinion", from man "to know, to think"). This was borne by two famous Babylonian women: the wife of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, for whom the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were said to have been built; and the daughter of the Persian king Xerxes I.