Gender: FPopularity: this week.Origin of Artemisia: Variation of Artemis, Greek mythology name
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You might think Artemisia is the feminine form of the name, but in fact the original Artemis is feminine too, the name of the goddess of the moon. We prefer the simpler original.
Queen Artemisia, the widow (and sister) of Mausolos, for whom she built the mausoleum at Halicarnassus Susan Vreeland's novel "The Passion of Artemisia", about aforementioned painter