Ismene

Gender: Female Meaning of Ismene: "knowledgeable" Origin of Ismene: Greek

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Ismene Origin and Meaning

The name Ismene is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "knowledgeable".

Sister of Antigone and daughter of Oedipus in Greek mythology, Ismene's name is unlikely to make it in modern times because of its teasability factor. Ismay or Esme would be better bets.

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Ismene, sister of Antigone and daughter of Oedipus in Greek mythology
Ismene, character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"
Ismène et Isménias, 1763 French opera

Comments

LeiAriel Says:

2016-09-23T18:39:43

I like the variation Ismenia better.

xhart Says:

2016-07-05T09:08:47

It's pronounced is-may-nee

EW314 Says:

2016-02-06T07:14:20

It's "iss-MEH-nee" or "iss-MEE-nee" usually, I think. Wikipedia gives the latter pronunciation.

I don't really like either of those pronunciations, but I think French Ismène "EES-men" is beautiful. Still teasable, sadly, but beautiful nonetheless.