Entry № 8117 · Greek origin

Phaenarete Phaenarete — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ fay-NAR-eh-tee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Bringing virtue to light (Socrates's mother)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "bringing virtue to light (socrates's mother)".

Among the most evocative names of Classical Athens.

Bringing virtue to light. The midwife who was Socrates's mother.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Φαιναρέτη

Transliteration: Phainarétē
Pronunciation: / feɪˈnɑːr.ə.ti /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Phaenarete stands.

Phaenarete 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

Phaenaretes before her.

Real people

Phaenarete

Socrates's mother.

5th c. BCE

In fiction

Phaenarete

Featured in Plato's Theaetetus.

Names connected to Phaenarete.

Numerology

The number behind Phaenarete.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Phaenarete reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.