Artemis

Where Artemis comes from

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
— Wiktionary's entry for Artemis
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,900 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Artemis Cooper born
    British writer
  3. 1977
    Artemis Pebdani born
    American actress
  4. 2023
    Peak, #854
    312 babies named Artemis — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Artemis Pebdani · American actress, born 1977
  • Artemis Cooper · British writer, born 1953
  • Artemis Spanou · Greek basketball player, born 1993
  • Artemis Alexiadou · Greek linguist and anglist, born 1969
  • Artemis Gounaki · German singer, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.