Entry № 6954 · Greek origin

Mneme Mneme — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MNEH-meh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Original Muse of memory (Mount Helicon)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "original muse of memory (mount helicon)".

Mneme is from the Greek Μνήμη (Mnḗmē — memory). Mneme is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage.

Original Muse of memory (Greek).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Μνήμη

Transliteration: Mnḗmē
Pronunciation: / ˈmnɛ.mɛ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Mneme stands.

Mneme 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

Mnemes before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Mneme

One of three original Muses + Pausanias 9.29.2 + Mount Helicon Boeotia + predecessors to Nine Muses of Hesiod + Mnemosyne Titaness of memory + source of English mnemonic.

Greek mythology

Names connected to Mneme.

Numerology

The number behind Mneme.

The Seeker

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