Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Δέσποινα
“lady of the house, mistress”
Δέσποινα (Déspoina) is a feminine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Déspoina.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Δέσποινα goes back to Ancient Greek δέσποινα, meaning “lady of the house, mistress.”
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Where it comes from
Δέσποινα comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Δέσποινα, from Ancient Greek δέσποινα (“lady of the house, mistress”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Δέσποινα’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Δέσποινα shares a linguistic root with the Persian form بانو. In Greek usage, Δέσποινα has a transliteration in Déspoina.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Despinaequivalent
- Pepiequivalent
- Despoinaequivalent
- Δέσπωequivalent
- Despoequivalent
- Ντέπηequivalent
- Πέπηequivalent
- Ζέπωequivalent
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People named Δέσποινα
- Despina VandiGreek singer and musicianborn 1969
- Despina OlympiouCypriot singerborn 1975
- Despina Achladiotousole resident of Ro island, Greece, 1893-1982
- Despina GeorgiadouGreek fencerborn 1991
- Despoina ChatzinikolaouGreek association football playerborn 1999
- Despina Chatzivassiliou-TsovilisGreek government secretaryborn 1967
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