Entry № 3134 · Greek origin

Eumetis Eumetis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-MEH-tis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Good counsel (Cleobulus's daughter, riddle-master)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "good counsel (cleobulus's daughter, riddle-master)".

Eumetis (Εὔμητις) combines the Greek eu (good) and mētis (counsel, wisdom) — "good counsel." Daughter of Cleobulus of Lindos, one of the Seven Sages of Greece — Eumetis (also called Cleobulina) was renowned for her riddles, often discussed in Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages.

Among the earliest known Greek female philosophers.

Good counsel (Cleobulus's daughter, riddle-master) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Εὔμητις
Transliteration
Eúmētis
Pronunciation
/ juːˈmɛ.tɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eumetis stands.

Eumetis 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.

Eumetiss before her.

Real people
Eumetis (Cleobulina)
Greek philosopher and riddle-master.
6th c. BCE
In fiction
Eumetis
Featured in Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages.

Names connected to Eumetis.

The number behind Eumetis.

2

The Peacemaker

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