Athens

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Athene in NL Netherlands.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 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◐

Athens is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname800 records spelled Athens14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Costa Rica, France, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Atenas, Athenes, Atene, Athènes, Atënäs

• English given name418 records spelled Athens72 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Greece, Canada, Philippines

  Languages: English, Greek, German

  Also written Athena, Athina, Αθηνα, Αθήνα, Αθηνά

• Thai given name27 records spelled Athens11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand

  Also written เอเธนส์, เอเทน, เอเธน, Athen, Ethen

• Indonesian given name23 records spelled Athens8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Athena, Athéna, Athénã, Ãthëñā, Āthenä

28 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●

Athens is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, Athens (the capital city of Greece)

  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) — 20 years between 2006–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Andrew Athensb. 1921USAmerican public figure
• Olivia Athensb. 1999USAmerican soccer player
• Elizabeth AthensUSprofessor of art and art history

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 · 36 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Athens?

We estimate roughly 398 people bear Athens (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Athens have the most bearers?

Athens is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled athens.

What does the name Athens mean?

Recorded meaning: city, Greece; US pi.