Given name
Laodice
“justice of the people”
Laodice is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laodice goes back to Ancient Greek Λαοδίκη, meaning “justice of the people.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Laodice’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laodice
- Laodice IIISeleucid queen consort300 BC–200 BC
- Laodice I3rd-century BC Seleucid queen consort300 BC–260 BC
- Laodice Vdaughter of Seleucus IV Philopator and Laodice IV, wife of Perseus of Macedon and later a possible wife of Demetrius I Soter150 BC–200 BC
- Laodice II3rd-century BC Seleucid queen consort300 BC–300 BC
- Laodice IVhead Priestess of the Seleucid Empire200 BC–200 BC
- Laodice VIancient Greek princess and queen200 BC–110 BC
- Laodicesister-wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus200 BC–160 BC
- Laodice of CappadociaHellenistic queen150 BC–100 BC
- Laodice of MacedoniaMother of Seleucus, founder of the Seleucid Empire400 BC–400 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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