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 [ 4 syll. par-(t)he-nia, pa-rthen-ia ] The girl name Parthenia is pronounced PaaRTHEHNiyah KEY. Parthenia's language of origin is Old Greek and it is used mainly in the English language. Derived from the word parthenos meaning 'virgin, maiden'. The name was borne in Greek mythology as an epithet by the goddess Athena, who was also known as 'Athena the Maid'. The Greek temple Parthenon was built for her as she was the protectress of Athens. The name was later borne by a character in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia (1590), and was also known from the first published collection of keyboard music, named Parthenia (1613) for its virginal associations. The name was adopted on a modest scale by English speakers from the end of the 19th century. A variant of Parthenia is Parthena (English). Parthenia is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.005% of baby girls were given the name Parthenia. It had a ranking of #962 then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then, and is currently of sporadic use. Within all girl names in its family, Parthenia was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. A baby name that sounds like Parthenia is Parthena (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Parthenia: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
