Given name

Polyxene

Polyxene is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Polyxene is a variant of Polyxena. An origin associated with Polyxena is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Polyxene is a variant of Polyxena. The history of Polyxena gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Polyxena is associated with a daughter of Priam.

Explained through its name family

Polyxene’s family of names

Polyxene has a related form in Polyxena.

Walk Polyxene’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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Mythological

Posidon

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Mythological

Posydon

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Latin · Mythological

Pomona

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>99% girls

Mythological

Pasithee

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Mythological

Persefone

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>99% girls

Mythological

Paxie

Paxie is a variant of Pax. One Latin interpretation is “a peaceful man Рахх, Рахі, Рахіе, Раху, Рахеу, Рахее, Рахеа.”

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Mythological

Pomonea

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Polyxene’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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