Athena (given name)

Athena is a female given name of Greek origin, especially in reference to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena. The name has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States since the mid-1950s and was the 78th most popular name for newborn American girls in 2022. It has been one of the 500 most popular names for girls in England and Wales since 2012 and in France since 2018. It has also been well-used in recent years in Canada, Iceland, and New Zealand. The popularity of mythological names also increased in use for babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Athena
Pallas Athena by Gustav Klimt.
GenderFeminine
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Other names
Related namesAfina (Russian), (Ukrainian), Athéna (French), Aþena Icelandic, Athenais, Athénaïs (French), Athene, Athina (Modern Greek)

People with this given name include:

Persons
Stagenamed "Athena"
Given named "Athena"

Mythological

Fictional characters
  • Athena, a mascot for the 2004 Summer Olympics, one of the trio of Athena, Phevos and Proteas
  • Athena (DC Comics), a DC Comics character and member of the Olympian Gods
  • Athena (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character and member of the Olympian Gods
  • Thena, another Marvel Comics character who has gone by the name Athena, a member of the Eternals
  • Athena, an Image Comics character, Lily Nalin, and member of Bloodstrike
  • Athena, an owl character from the Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty TV series
  • Athena (The Little Mermaid), Princess Ariel's mother in the Disney franchise
  • Athena, a Marvel UK character and member of the Warheads
  • Princess Athena, main character of the 1986 SNK video game Athena
  • Athena Asamiya, a character in the video game Psycho Soldier and The King of Fighters series, described as a descendant of Princess Athena of the 1986 video game Athena
  • Athena, the first opponent of Godou Kusanagi in the manga/anime Campione!
  • "Athena", a codename for character Dana Mercer, a sister of protagonist of [PROTOTYPE]
  • Athena (Stargate), a Goa'uld in the TV series Stargate SG-1
  • Athena the Gladiator, an important character from the Borderlands video game series
  • Lieutenant Athena, a bridge officer in the 1978–79 television series Battlestar Galactica
  • Athena, an important character in the Sony PlayStation 2 game God of War
  • Athena Cykes, a defense attorney from the Ace Attorney franchise
  • Athena Glory, a character from the animanga Aria
  • Athena Grant, LAPD sergeant on the TV series 9-1-1
  • Athena Morrow, a character on the TV series Hvmans
  • Athena Tennousu, a character in the manga/anime Hayate the Combat Butler and the eponymous protagonist's first true love

Notes
  1. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Athena".
  2. "Popular Baby Names".
  3. Mitchell, Alex (29 December 2021). "The craziest baby name trends of 2022 from Athena to Wilder". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. "Popular Baby Names".
  5. Dunn, Jancee (19 January 2021). "From 'Alma' to 'Zuri,' Parents Are Looking for Positive Baby Names: They're searching the heavens, and through family history, for strong monikers in a pandemic". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

See also
Search for "athena" on Wikipedia.
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