Entry № 4608 · Greek origin

Iphis Iphis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-fis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Strength (Cretan girl who became a man)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "strength (cretan girl who became a man)".

Iphis is a name of Greek origin, meaning strength (cretan girl who became a man).

Strength (Cretan girl who became a man) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ἶφις
Transliteration
Îphis
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.fɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Iphis stands.

Iphis 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.

Iphiss before her.

Real people
Iphis
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Iphis
Heroine of Ovid's Metamorphoses 9.
Ovid
Iphis
Ali Smith's novel Girl Meets Boy.
2007

Names connected to Iphis.

The number behind Iphis.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Iphis reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.