Persephone
Persephone is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
What Persephone means
Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
Persephone is a long name at 10 letters, which usually means a nickname will appear whether you plan one or not, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Persephone 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.
Persephone is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Persephone?
Persephone 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 Persephone
We group Persephone under the natural world and Life — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Persephone
These share Persephone's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Aviva — Springlike; fresh.
- Embla — Elm; the first woman.
- Ilana — Tree; flourishing.
- Summer — The warm, bright season.
- Vesna — Slavic goddess of spring.
- Rohan — Ascending; blossoming.
- Xuan — Spring.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.