Given name
Herodias
“one who watches over others”
Herodias is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who watches over others.”
Original GreekΗρωδιας
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who watches over others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From the Greek name Herodes (Ηρωδης), “Herod.”
From biblical name research
The story
In biblical stories, Herodias is associated with the mother of Salome.
Herodias’s family of names
See also 2
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