Sappho

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Σαπφώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /sapʰ.pʰɔ̌ː/(Classical Greek) /ˈsæ.foʊ/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Possibly from Greek σάπφειρος (sappheiros) meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli". This was the name of a 7th-century BC Greek poetess from Lesbos.

Related Names

Rootsappheiros

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σαπφώ.
Entry updated October 6, 2024