Iphigeneia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Iphigeneia

What is the meaning of the name Iphigeneia ?

The baby name Iphigeneia is a Female name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌɪfɪdʒəˈniːə/ (if-ih-JEE-nee-uh); Classical Greek: /i.pʰiˈɡe.neia/ (ip‑hi‑GE‑nei‑a).

Iphigeneia is Greek in Origin.

Iphigeneia is the Greek name Ιφιγένεια, built from iphi- “strong, mighty” and genea “birth, lineage,” yielding the sense “strong-born” or “of strong lineage.” Best known from Greek myth as the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, she is central to Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris, where Artemis rescues her from sacrifice and she serves as a priestess. The name entered European languages via Latin Iphigenia and became a literary touchstone in Renaissance and Neoclassical drama and opera (notably Gluck).

Variants include Iphigenia (Latinized/English), Iphigénie (French), Iphigenie (German), Ifigeneia (modern Greek transliteration), Ifigenia (Italian, Spanish, Polish), and Portuguese Ifigênia/Efigênia; Spanish also has Efigenia. Modern Greek commonly uses Ifigéneia. Nicknames such as Iphi or Genie appear in English. Usage today is rare outside Greece and Iberia/Latin America, where saintly devotion to a legendary St. Iphigenia sustains the Efigenia forms.

⚙ Iphigeneia is vanishingly rare. We hold just 2 recorded uses of it, from 2 countries.