Given name
Parthenia
“one who is chaste; a virgin”
Parthenia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is chaste; a virgin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is chaste; a virgin.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parthenia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,458
- 0 boys · 1,458 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,316 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −51%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,316 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 567 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.
Parthenia’s family of names
Parthenia has a related form in Parthenea. Parthenia has a related form in Parthenee. Parthenia has a related form in Partheney.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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