Pagan Names

Circe

Pronounced SEER see or SUR see, though more properly KIR kee
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About the name Circe

Circe is the Latinized version of the Greek name "Kirke", which may mean "bird". It is the name of a sorceress who appears in Greek mythology, most notably in The Odyssey as an emeny/love interest of Odysseus/Ulysses. She was the daughter of Helios and had vast knowledge of herbs and the natural world and the power to turn men into animals.

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Origin
Mediterranean
Greek

myth, divine

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