Entry № 2431 · Greek origin

Despoina Despoina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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

A name that means "lady, mistress".

Despoina (Δέσποινα) is the Greek word for "lady" or "mistress of the house" — an ancient epithet of Persephone and an Eleusinian goddess in her own right. In modern Greek, despoina is still the word for "Mrs." or "lady."

Despoina is widely used in Greece.

Lady. The Eleusinian goddess.

The name in its native script.

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

Where Despoina stands.

Despoina 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.

Despoinas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Despina
Maid in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
1790 opera

Names connected to Despoina.

The number behind Despoina.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Despoina reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.