Entry № 8326 · Greek origin

Procne Procne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PROK-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Greek tragedy (Philomela's sister)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "greek tragedy (philomela's sister)".

Procne (Πρόκνη) is the Greek name of the Athenian princess transformed into a swallow (or in some versions, the nightingale) — sister of Philomela. Her tragic story of family vengeance is told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Procne and Philomela are inseparable in classical literature.

Philomela's sister. The Greek swallow.

The name in its native script.

Πρόκνη
Transliteration
Próknē
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɒk.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Procne stands.

Procne 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.

Procnes before her.

Real people
Procne
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Procne
Featured in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
8 CE

Names connected to Procne.

The number behind Procne.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Procne reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.