Barsine as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Barsine

What is the meaning of the name Barsine ?

The baby name Barsine is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced bar-SEE-nee (IPA: /bɑrˈsiːni/).

Barsine is Persian in Origin.

A Hellenized Persian name, Barsine (Greek Barsinē, Βαρσίνη) is thought to reflect an Old Persian/Iranian root barz-/burz- “high, exalted,” yielding the sense “the exalted/noble one.” The Latinized form Barsine has circulated in classical literature; transliterations such as Barsiné and Barsina also appear. The element is cognate with Persian Barzīn/Borzīn and Avestan bərəzant- “lofty.”

Best-known from the late Achaemenid era, Barsine was the daughter of the satrap Artabazus II and the widow of Memnon of Rhodes; after Issus she became Alexander the Great’s companion and bore him a son, Heracles. Some ancient writers also apply Barsine to Stateira II, Alexander’s Persian wife, which has long caused confusion between two distinct women. As a given name today it is exceedingly rare, favored by history enthusiasts and those seeking a distinctive Persian-Greek heritage choice.

⚙ Barsine turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. That usually points to a very rare, regional, or newly coined name. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.