Pandora
Pandora is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning All-gifted.
What Pandora means
All-gifted.
Pandora sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Pandora comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Pandora is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Pandora?
Pandora does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Pandora
Pandora spans Gift and the long-established classics, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Pandora
These share Pandora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Isadora — Gift of Isis.
- Theodore — Gift of God.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Cora — Maiden.
- Margaret — Pearl.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.
- Sophia — Wisdom.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
- Catherine — Pure.
- Eudora — Good gift.
More Greek names
- Orpheus — Beautiful voice.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Ophelia — Help; serene wisdom.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Onyx — The deep-black gemstone.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
- Nyx — Night; goddess of night.
- Peter — Rock; stone.