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Athene - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 



[ syll. at-he-ne, ath-ene ] The girl name Athene is pronounced AE-THIYN- KEY. Athene is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in the German language. Athene is a variant form of the English and German Athena.

Athene is not frequently used as a baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Athene, the English and German Athena was the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Athene include the English Autumn, the German Adina, the German Adine, the English and German Athena, the English Idony, the German Iduna, the English Adamina, the Greek Adonia, and the Greek Athanasia.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Athene: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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