55%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Roman Mythology, Greek Mythology Scripts Διδώ(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. DEE-do(Latin) DIE-do(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Meaning unknown, probably of Phoenician origin. Dido, also called Elissa, was the queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid. She threw herself upon a funeral pyre after Aeneas left her. Virgil based the story on earlier Greco-Roman accounts. People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful upper class refined strange simple Categories chastity, Civilization VI characters, Gundam characters, pop music, pop singers, purity, queens Entry updated April 25, 2021