Parthenia

Greek

"chaste maiden"

Parthenia Origin and Meaning

The name Parthenia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "chaste maiden".

Parthenia may be a bit unwieldy, but does conjure up majestic images of the Parthenon.

Parthenia Rank in US Top 1000

# 962 in the US

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Parthenia in Pop Culture

• ~ Parthenia ("Parthy") Ann Hawks a character in Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" (1926)
• ~ Comes from an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena; the Parthenon in Athens, was the temple of Athena Parthenos, i.e. Athena the maiden goddess
• ~ Latinized form of Greek partheneia = "maidenhood"
• ~ Greek parthenos = "a woman who chooses her own husband" (mistranslated "virgin")
• ~ "Parthenia" (c.1611) Renaissance music collection
• ~ First seems to have been used as a name in the English speaking world in the 1870s