Entry № 2429 · Greek origin

Despina Despina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ deh-SPEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Lady, mistress"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "lady, mistress".

Despina (Δέσποινα) is the Greek word for "lady" or "mistress of the house" — an epithet of the Virgin Mary in Orthodox tradition. The Despoina was also a Greek goddess.

Lady. The Greek mistress of the house.

The name in its native script.

Δέσποινα
Transliteration
Déspoina
Pronunciation
/ dəˈspiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Despina stands.

Despina 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.

Despinas before her.

Real people
Despina Vandi
Greek singer.
born 1969
In fiction
Despina
Character in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
1790 opera

Names connected to Despina.

The number behind Despina.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Despina reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.