Athens - Meaning of Athens

What does Athens mean?

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Athens

[ 2 syll. at-hen(s), ath-e-ns ] The baby boy name Athens is pronounced AETHAHNZ †. Athens is of Old Greek origin. Athens is a form of the name Athan.

See also the related category greek.

Athens is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Athens include Addams (English), Atkins (English), Atkyns, Adamok (Czech), Adonys (English), and Athanasius (German).

† English pronunciation for Athens: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"