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Cytherea
OriginGreek
Meaning"from the island of Cythera"
About Cytherea
Cytherea, a place-name that is the home of Aphrodite, seems stuck in ancient Greece.
Pronounced suh-THER-ee-uh.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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Cytherea on lists
Famous Cythereas
- Cytherea (born Cassieardolla Story)
American adult film actress
Cytherea in pop culture
- Cytherea Graye
heroine of Thomas Hardy's "Desperate Remedies" (1871)
- "I had seen her name on a bag at the station and wondered what she would be like – Cytherea! A lovely name
anyhow." [H. G. Wells, "Brynhild," 1937]
- Epithet of Aphrodite
taken from the name of the island Cythera, which was sacred to her.
- "The Embarkation for Cythera
" a Rococo painting by Watteau.
- Cytharea
the spelling used by 17th,century poet Anne Finch
- Possibly related to the French name Quitterie. Saint Quiteria is sometimes depicted as a sword
wielding guerrilla fighter.
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