Menodora

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Μηνοδώρα(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "gift of the moon", derived from Greek μήνη (mene) meaning "moon" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred with her sisters Metrodora and Nymphodora.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesMinodora(Romanian)
User SubmissionMenodóra

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/.

Entry updated May 29, 2020