Athena

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Athina in CY Cyprus, DE Germany, IN India and 2 more and Athens in GR Greece.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Athena is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name4.7K records spelled Athena4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Athēna, Athéna, Athēnâ

• Indonesian given name1.5K records spelled Athena8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Athens, Athéna, Athénã, Ãthëñā, Āthenä

• Vietnamese given name744 records spelled Athena5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

  Also written Athéna, Athens, Athêna, Athênā

• Finnish given name609 records spelled Athena2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Athéna

• Russian given name215 records spelled Athena17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Афина, Афіна, Afina, Атена, Athina

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Athena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Athena är ett grekiskt namn av oklart ursprung. I den grekiska mytologin var Athena bl.a. vishetens och fredens (samt det ordnade krigets) gudinna.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Greek goddess of wisdom

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, ) Athene: weibl. Vom. vorgrie­ chischen Ursprungs, der auf Athénë, die griechische Göttin der Weisheit, des Krieges und des Friedens, die Schutzherrin von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Portuguese, Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Atena.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, Athena (Greek goddess of wisdom)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 116 years between 1902–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Athina Rachel Tsangarib. 1966GRnot in their usual nameGreek film director, screenwriter and actress (born 1966)
• Athena Masseyb. 1967USAmerican actress
• Athena Chub. 1971CNHong Kong actress
• Athena Karkanisb. 1981CACanadian television actress
• Athina Rousselb. 1985FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Greek heiress
• Athina Oikonomakoub. 1986GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress and businessperson
• Athena Pleasuresb. 1986USAmerican pornographic actress
• Athena Manoukianb. 1994GRGreek singer
• Athena of Monpezatb. 2012DKDanish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark
• Athena DroutisGBBritish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 668 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Athena?

We estimate roughly 40 thousand people bear Athena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Athena have the most bearers?

Athena is most frequently recorded in Greece, where it is most often spelled athens.

How common is Athena compared with other names?

In Greece, Athena is the 326th most common given name of 23,464 given names recorded there.

Is Athena a male or female name?

Athena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Athena mean?

Recorded meaning: The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis.