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 [ syll. ar-te-mis, art-em-is ] The girl name Artemis is pronounced AARTahMIHZ KEY. Artemis is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Artemis means 'follower of Artemis; safe; butcher'. The name is of debated origin; it could be from the Greek artemes ('safe') or artamos ('butcher'), or else it could be pre-Greek. It was borne in Greek mythology by the goddess of hunting and the moon; she was the twin of Apollo and the equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana. Artemisia II was the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the world. In the 19th century, the name Artemis was given to the granddaughter of the famed beauty Lady Diana Cooper, possibly taken from her grandmother's name Artemisia. Artemis is the feminine version of the English Artemas. A form of the name is the English, Greek, and Italian Artemisia. Artemis is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Artemis include the English, Greek, and Italian Artemisia and the Italian and Romanian Ortensia. KEY: approx pronunciation for Artemis: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"   |
