Artemis

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Ancient Greek (probably pre-Greek) name of uncertain meaning

Connections to the Greek words αρτεμης (artemes) = 'safe' or αρταμος (artamos) = 'a butcher', which are suggested sometimes, are unlikely

Related Names

Artemis	♀
Artemisa	♀
Artemisia	♀

Further Information

Greek Mythology

Artemis is the name of the Greek goddess of the hunt, equivalent to the Latin goddess Diana ^{[1] [2]}

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Artemis.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi