Pagan Names

Artemis

Pronounced AR tem iss
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About the name Artemis

Artemis is the Greek Goddess of wilderness, the hunt, protectress of children and also bringer of plague and death in childbirth. The name may come from the proto-indo-European root for the word "bear" or it may come from the Greek artemes "strong-limbed" or artao "to cut up"

Related Names

Phoebe, Diana, Artemisa, Artemisia, Artemia, Artemius, Delia, Cynthia, Theron

Origin
Mediterranean
Greek

myth, divine

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