Thetis

THEH-tees
Greek
"dogmatic"

Thetis Origin and Meaning

The name Thetis is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "dogmatic".

This name of the mythological mother of Achilles might suffer from English speakers making the rhyming association to the word fetus. The traditional Greek pronunciation might alleviate that problem.

Thetis in Pop Culture

  • "The gentle Thetis
    " mother of Achilles, is mentioned briefly in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
  • Thetis of silver feet
    Achilles mother who was a nereid, forced do marry a mortal prince by Hera.
  • Thetis
    moon of Saturn