Entry № 637 · Greek origin

Andromache Andromache — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-DROM-ah-kee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Battle of men"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "battle of men".

Andromache is rare but rising.

Battle of men. Hector of Troy's wife.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ἀνδρομάχη

Transliteration: Andromákhē
Pronunciation: / ænˈdrɒm.ə.ki /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Andromache stands.

Andromache does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Andromaches before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Andromache

Hector's wife in the Iliad.

Greek mythology

Names connected to Andromache.

Numerology

The number behind Andromache.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Andromache reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.