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Parthenia

OriginGreek
Meaning"chaste maiden"
US Rank#9316

2025 SSA

About Parthenia

Parthenia may be a bit unwieldy, but does conjure up majestic images of the Parthenon. It was briefly in the US charts in the late 19th century.

Pronounced par-THEE-nee-uh.

As of October 2026, Parthenia ranked #9316 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #651 in 1886.

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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

  • ~ "Parthenia" (c.1611)

    Renaissance music collection

  • ~ First seems to have been used as a name in the English

    speaking world in the 1870s

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