Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In classical mythology, Ismene is associated with a daughter of Oedipus.
Ismene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 7 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 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 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.
Ismene’s family of names
Ismene has a related form in Ismenia. Ismene has a related form in Ismea. Ismene has a related form in Ismean.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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