Given name
Eurydice
Eurydice is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.
Original GreekΕυρυδίκη
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη; its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Eurydice is associated with the wife of Orpheus.
Eurydice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 0 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,657 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,657 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 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.
Eurydice’s family of names
Eurydice has a related form in Euridice. Eurydice has a related form in Euridyce. Eurydice has a related form in Eurydyce.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eurydice
- Eurydice II of MacedonMacedonian queen (c. 337–317 BC)335 BC–316 BC
- Eurydice I of Macedonqueen of Macedon from 393 to 369 BC409 BC–364 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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