Given name
Aphrodite
“foam”
Aphrodite is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original Ancient GreekἈφροδίτη
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aphrodite goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη, meaning “foam.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Aphrodite is associated with the goddess of love and beauty.
Aphrodite through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 728
- 0 boys · 728 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,870 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,870 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 613 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aphrodite’s family of names
In English usage, Aphrodite shares an earlier linguistic root with AFERDITA. Aphrodite has a related form in Afrodite. Aphrodite has a related form in Afrodita.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aphrodite
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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