Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Themis is associated with the goddess of law and order.
Themis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 5 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,046 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,046 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 233 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.
Themis’s family of names
Themis has a related form in Themiss. Themis has a related form in Themisse. Themis has a related form in Themys.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thomasequivalent
- Makisequivalent
- Efthimiosequivalent
- Θωμάςequivalent
- Thimiosequivalent
- Τίμηςequivalent
- Ευθύμιοςequivalent
- Ευθύμηςequivalent
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People named Themis
- Themis PanouGreek actorborn 1960
- Themis Cholevasbasketball player (1926-2007)
- Themis BazakaGreek actressborn 1957
- Themis RigasGreek footballer (1945-1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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