Pygmalion as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pygmalion

What is the meaning of the name Pygmalion ?

The baby name Pygmalion is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /pɪgˈmeɪliən/ (pig-MAY-lee-ən).

Pygmalion is Greek in Origin.

A mythic and royal name from Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pygmalion) via Latin Pygmalion. The etymology is debated: likely a Hellenized Phoenician theophoric royal name (cf. the 9th-century BCE king of Tyre, often transcribed Pumayyaton), with a folk link to Greek pygme "fist/cubit." No single literal meaning is secure.

Use is anchored in literature: in Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion is the Cypriot sculptor whose ivory statue comes to life (later called Galatea), a tale echoed in art and theater, notably George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and the Pygmalion effect in psychology. As a given name it is exceedingly rare. Cross-language forms include English/French Pygmalion, Spanish Pigmalión, Italian Pigmalione, Portuguese Pigmalião, Catalan Pigmalió, Modern Greek Πυγμαλίων, and Russian Пигмалион. Diminutives are uncommon; occasional modern shorts like Py or Mali are inventions.

⚙ Pygmalion is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 3 times, across 3 countries.