Submitted Name Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἀναξιμένης(Ancient Greek) Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 10/30/2007 by Lucille Edited 8/23/2014 by Lucille Meaning & History Derived from the Greek elements αναξ (anax) "master, lord, chief" and μενος (menos) "power, strength, spirit." Anaximenes was the name of a Greek philosopher from the 6th century BC.