Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
The name has an association with classical mythology.
Athene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Athene
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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